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Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death Quotes: Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.
         

Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.


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Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.
         



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