Monk's Confession: The Memoirs of Guibert of Nogent

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Penn State Press, 2010 M11 1
 

Contents

My Early Life
xliii
The Abbey of Nogent
89
The Uprising of the Laon Commune
117
Bibliography
209
Index
213
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Page xviii - As we already know, the terrifying impression of helplessness in childhood aroused the need for protection - for protection through love - which was provided by the father; and the recognition that this helplessness lasts throughout life made it necessary to cling to the existence of a father, but this time a more powerful one.
Page xviii - It will be found if we turn our attention to the psychical origin of religious ideas. These, which are given out as teachings, are not precipitates of experience or end-results of thinking: they are illusions, fulfilments of the oldest, strongest and most urgent wishes of mankind.
Page xviii - ... recognition that this helplessness lasts throughout life made it necessary to cling to the existence of a father, but this time a more powerful one. Thus the benevolent rule of a divine Providence allays our fear of the dangers of life; the establishment of a moral world-order ensures the...

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