by Ernest Becker, Raymond Todd
An unfortunate side effect of a species survival strategy based on a big brain is that humans are capable of understanding that at some point in the future our individual consciousness will come to an end. If that thought does not frighten you then you are not thinking about it hard enough. If you t...
This prize winning book from 1973 has immense value today because it captures how very smart people explained the world in those days and it is amazing we ever got out of the self referential tautological cave that was being created to explain who we are. There is nothing more dangerous than using...
An important book for all of us to read, though I bogged down a bit during the sex parts. It is possible I am not as familiar with all the so-called perversions and neurosis of sexuality and therefore the actually small bit of text referring to fetishes and homosexuality was lost on me. I know that ...
Unabridged. Points brought up:- ersatz immortality: religion, fame, lay a garden, write a book etc etc - practice dying- narcissism: heroic urge- invent worries and anxieties when there are none to be had Pascal - 'Not to be mad would amount to another form of madness'Animal life = body, bodily fun...
need to read this again.
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