Ernest Becker Quotes

Too Much Possibility Is The Attempt By The Person To Overvalue The Powers Of The Symbolic Self. It Reflects The Attempt To Exaggerate One Half Of The Human Dualism At The Expense Of The Other. In This Sense, What We Call Schizophrenia Is An Attempt By The Symbolic Self To Deny The Limitations Of The Finite Body; In Doing So, The Entire Person Is Pulled Off Balance And Destroyed. It Is As Though The Freedom Of Creativity That Stems From Within The Symbolic Self Cannot Be Contained By The Body, And The Person Is Torn Apart. This Is How We Understand Schizophrenia Today, As The Split Of Self And Body, A Split In Which The Self Is Unanchored, Unlimited, Not Bound Enough To Everyday Things, Not Contained Enough In Dependable Physical Behavior.

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