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Each society is a hero system which promises victory over evil and death.

Each society is a hero system which promises victory over evil and death.

Hero, Evil, Victory

ernest becker (1975). “escape from evil”

The greatest cause of evil included all human motives in one giant paradox. Good and bad were so inextricably mixed that we couldn't make them out; bad seemed to lead to good, and good motives led to bad. The paradox is that evil comes from man's urge to heroic victory over evil.

Ernest Becker

Men, Evil, Victory