• Repression is an evolutionary adaptation permitting us to function under the burden of our expanded consciousness. For what we are conscious of could drive us mad.

  Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)

  Camille Paglia
  American academic and social critic 1947-
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1. consciousness
2. adaptation
3. permitting
4. conscious
5. expanded
6. could

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Repression is an evolutionary adaptation permitting us to function under the burden of our expanded consciousness. For what we are conscious of could drive us mad. by : Camille Paglia

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