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The Denial of Death – Ernest Becker

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning book that explores the profound role the fear of death plays in shaping human life.

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Toward a Psychology of Being – Abraham Maslow

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In this classic work, Maslow examines the idea of self-actualization, and how self-actualized people differ from others.

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Why You Should Pretend to Be Less Intelligent than You Are

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“Know how to appear the fool. The wisest sometimes play this card, and there are times when the greatest knowledge consists in appearing to lack knowledge. You mustn’t be ignorant, just feign ignorance.” Baltasar Gracian, How to Use Your Enemies While many people openly flaunt possessions such as wealth, status, beauty, and power, when it comes to the greatest human good, […]

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Life’s Most Important Question

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Why Men Fear Women

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Given that man is the physically stronger sex, it may seem preposterous to claim that many men fear women more than women fear men. Yet across cultures and throughout history, women have often been portrayed as the greatest threat to man. In Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things, the American linguist and philosopher George Lakoff shows how in many languages there […]

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Beyond Good and Evil – Friedrich Nietzsche

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A critique of herd morality, and an urgent call for the rise of great individuals.

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The Road Less Traveled – M. Scott Peck

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A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth

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Carl Jung as Therapist – Your Problems Don’t Lie in the Past

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“We should not forget that every neurosis entails a corresponding amount of demoralization. If a man is neurotic, he has lost confidence in himself. A neurosis is a humiliating defeat and is felt as such by people who are not entirely unconscious of their own psychology.” Carl Jung, Collected Works Volume 17 In the modern […]

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