The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people.
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Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.
You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all.
There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.
Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves.
I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.
Human beings have always been mythmakers.
There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.
A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.
All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.
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