Joseph Campbell

Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist known for his work on the hero's journey and the influence of mythology on human experience.

Born
March 26, 1904
Died
October 30, 1987
Quotes
551
Rank
#80

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"An old Apache storyteller reminds us"

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"The myth is the public dream and the dream is the private myth."

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"Do what gives you bliss."

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"The function of (heroic) symbols is to give you a sense of Aha! Yes, I know what it is, it's myself."

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"When you are falling --- Dive!"

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"There is a condescension on the part of the infinite to the mind of man. That is what looks like God."

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"All babies are Buddha babies."

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"I don't need faith. I have experience."

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"And if there was no Fall, what then of the need for Redemption? What god was offended and by whom? Some especially touchy cave bear whose skull had been improperly enshrined?"

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"A sound precipitates air, then fire, then water and earth- and that's how the world becomes."

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