Ernest Becker Quote

Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.


Escape from Evil (ed. Free Press, 1985)


Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.

Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.

Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.

Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.