Ernest Becker Quotes

What, Actually, Does It Mean To Be A Tragic Figure Firmly In The Grip Of One's Daimon? It Means To Possess Great Talent, To Relentlessly Pursue The Expression Of That Talent Through The Unswerving Affirmation Of The Causa-sui Project That Alone Gives It Birth And Form. One Is Consumed By What He Must Do To Express His Gift. The Passion Of His Character Becomes Inseparable From His Dogma. Jung Says The Same Thing Beautifully When He Concludes That Freud "must Himself Be So Profoundly Affected By The Power Of Eros That He Actually Wished To Elevate It Into A Dogma...like A Religious Numen."
Eros Is Precisely The Natural Energy Of The Child's Organism That Will Not Let Him Rest, That Keeps Propelling Him Forward In A Driven Way While He Fashions The Lie Of His Character-which Ironically Permits That Very Drivenness To Continue, But Now Under The Illusion Of Self-control.

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