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Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The passage takes a group associated with psychological difficulty and credits it with the highest cultural achievements. Its absolute claims make the reversal deliberately sweeping. Religion and art become examples in an argument that places apparent disturbance at the origin of what societies most admire.
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