LonelinessLONELINESS...is an intrinsic condition of human existence. This study of existential loneliness reveals that—beyond the first pangs of desolation, out of the terror of despair—human beings have found a key to deeper insight and keen perception of the world in which they live. This absorbing book provides an impetus toward renewed awareness of self, challenging and encouraging the reader to make a penetrating investigation of his own solitude. |
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agony Alger Hiss alienation Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Arnold awareness beauty become believed Benedict Arnold breath Byrd child continue Copyright courage creative dark death deep deeply defeat depth despair doctor dying Elizabeth Emily Dickinson empty existence existential loneliness experience of loneliness experienced eyes face fear of loneliness feeling felt forever Frieda Fromm-Reichmann friends genuine grief hear heart Hermann Buhl hospital human companionship human voice Ibid individual inner Karl Menninger Kerry knew leper live loneliness anxiety lonely man’s meaning mother Nanga Parbat nature never night nurse one’s pain parents peace person poem president realize relatedness Reprinted by permission Saint-Exupéry seemed sense sensitivity significant silence social society solitary solitude sometimes soul strange strength suffering talk tears terrible terror things Thomas Wolfe thought truth unique utterly wanted Whittaker Chambers William Herndon Woodrow Wilson York