Escape from EvilAn exploration of the natural history of evil. |
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... things more clear , to peel away dis- guises and marginalia , trying to get at the truly basic things about man , the things that really drive him . I now see that we must make a clear distinction between man's creatureliness - his ...
... things more clear , to peel away dis- guises and marginalia , trying to get at the truly basic things about man , the things that really drive him . I now see that we must make a clear distinction between man's creatureliness - his ...
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... things were animated by in- visible forces , that the sun's heat worked at a distance and per- vaded the things of the earth , that seeds germinated out of the invisible as did children , etc. All he wanted to do , with the tech- nique ...
... things were animated by in- visible forces , that the sun's heat worked at a distance and per- vaded the things of the earth , that seeds germinated out of the invisible as did children , etc. All he wanted to do , with the tech- nique ...
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... things and not be able to move in relation to it . Man experiences this uniquely as a feeling of the crushing awesomeness of things and his helplessness in the face of them . This real guilt partly explains man's willing subordinacy to ...
... things and not be able to move in relation to it . Man experiences this uniquely as a feeling of the crushing awesomeness of things and his helplessness in the face of them . This real guilt partly explains man's willing subordinacy to ...
Contents
Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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