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

Ernest Becker
Men, Self, Roots
Ernest Becker (1985). “Escape from Evil”, Free Press
Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.