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A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet "fo...more

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The cruelty itself is motivated by something deeper: the wish to know the secret of things and of life.

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Life has ceased to be lived in a closed world the center of which was man; the world has become limitless and the same time threatening. By losing his...more

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Human nature, though being the product of historical evolution, has certain inherent mechanisms and laws, to discover which is the task of psychology.

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Man's nature, his passions, and anxieties are a cultural product; as a matter of fact, man himself is the most important creation and achievement of t...more

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The development of man's intellectual capacities has far outstripped the development of his emotions. Man's brain lives in the twentieth century; the ...more

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If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer security, then fame is one means to silence one's...more

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To feel completely alone and isolated leads to mental disintegration just as physical starvation leads to death.

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The analysis of the psychological motivations behind certain doctrines or ideas can never be a substitute for a rational judgement of the validity of ...more

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To transcend nature, to be alienated from nature and from another human being, finds man naked, ashamed. He is alone and free, yet powerless and afrai...more

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What the psychological analysis of doctrines can show is the subjective motivations which make a person aware of certain problems and make him seek an...more

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Life has ceased to be lived in a closed world the center of which was man; the world has become limitless and at the same time threatening. By losing ...more

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What the psychological analysis of doctrines can show is the subjective motivations which make a person aware of certain problems and make him seek an...more

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In studying the psychological significance of a religious or political doctrine, we must first bear in mind that the psychological analysis does not i...more

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They were more free, but they were more alone.