That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In the act of destruction, man sets himself above life; he transcends himself as a creature. Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate. - Erich Fromm

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Erich Fromm: "That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In the act of destruction, man sets himself above life; he transcends himself as a creature. Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate."

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Above	Choice	Create	Creature
Destroy	Destruction	Driven	Feat
Hate	Himself	Inasmuch	Inexplicable
Just	Life	Love	Miracle
Miraculous	Sets	Thus	Transcend
Transcends	Ultimate

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