Our civilization represses not only "the instincts", not only sexuality, but any form of transcendence. Among one-dimensional men, it is not surprising that someone with an insistent experience of other dimensions, that he cannot entirely deny or forget, will run the risk either of being destroyed by the others, or of betraying what he knows.


The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (ed. Penguin UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780141962085


Our civilization represses not only the instincts, not only sexuality, but any form of transcendence. Among one-dimensional men, it is not surprising ...

Our civilization represses not only the instincts, not only sexuality, but any form of transcendence. Among one-dimensional men, it is not surprising ...

Our civilization represses not only the instincts, not only sexuality, but any form of transcendence. Among one-dimensional men, it is not surprising ...

Our civilization represses not only the instincts, not only sexuality, but any form of transcendence. Among one-dimensional men, it is not surprising ...