Escape from EvilAn exploration of the natural history of evil. |
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... organism which is more durable and powerful than the one nature endowed him with . The Muslim heaven , for example , is probably the most straightforward and un- selfconscious vision of what the human organism really hopes for , what ...
... organism which is more durable and powerful than the one nature endowed him with . The Muslim heaven , for example , is probably the most straightforward and un- selfconscious vision of what the human organism really hopes for , what ...
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... organism's anxiety : “ I am over- shadowed , inadequate ; hence I do not qualify for continued dura- bility , for life , for eternity ; hence I will die . " William James saw this everyday anxiety over failure and recorded it with his ...
... organism's anxiety : “ I am over- shadowed , inadequate ; hence I do not qualify for continued dura- bility , for life , for eternity ; hence I will die . " William James saw this everyday anxiety over failure and recorded it with his ...
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... organism man is fated to perpetuate him- self and as a conscious organism he is fated to identify evil as the threat to that perpetuation . In the same way , he is driven to in- dividuate himself as an organism , to develop his own ...
... organism man is fated to perpetuate him- self and as a conscious organism he is fated to identify evil as the threat to that perpetuation . In the same way , he is driven to in- dividuate himself as an organism , to develop his own ...
Contents
Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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