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« Each child has his first ideas of evil in a very concrete way, according to the prohibitions, taboos and fears of his father's home. He will have to travel a long way to free himself from it, discover in him his own "Evil" and live it no longer as "depravity", the "bad", - because instinctive - but as a latent, understandable reaction to wounds that he had to repress as a child. once he is an adult, he has the opportunity to discover its causes and to free himself from this latency. »
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Alice Miller
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« `In Hermann Hesse's eyes`, "Evil" is neither hatred nor cruelty, but curious gimmicks like drinking in cabaret. This specific conception of evil, little Hesse borrowed it from his father's home. That is why everything that takes place after the coming-in-law of the god Abraxas (who had the task of "reconciling the divine element and the demonic element" seems strange to us and no longer touches us. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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« Many of us are aware of this situation. This idealizing painting of such a "pure" house is no stranger to us either, and it reflects both the childlike vision and the hidden cruelty of this style of education that is well known to us. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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