Chaim Potok quotes - page 3

Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the world, encounters an element in the very heart of the secular readings of the world - Freudian psychoanalytic theory. (Chaim Potok)
Well, one hopes that if you're really related to the core of your particular culture, you have profound commitments to it, and that you are aware of how much you can strain it before you do violence to its essential nature. View quote
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And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud's view of man. View quote
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And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man. View quote
Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok

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Occupation: American Rabbi
Born: February 17, 1929
Died: July 23, 2002
Quotes count: 54
Wikipedia: Chaim Potok

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