"To put is still more plainly: the desire…" — Alan Watts

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さらに平たく言えば、安全への欲望と不安感は同じものです。息を止めることは息を失うことです。安全を追求する社会は、皆が太鼓のように張り詰め、ビートのように紫色になる息の止め合いに過ぎません。

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