{∅, {∅}, {∅, {∅}}} : Rage Against the Meat Grinder

Thanks, Silenus, for posting this quote.
I remember when reading Ernest Becker "Denial of Death" I was almost highlighting every passage of his book, what a lucid prose he can muster!

more seminal works of synthesis I came across
- Persuasion and Rhetoric by Carlo Michelstaedter  (mentioned here elsewhere)
- The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
-  Empire V, a novel by Viktor Pelevin.  firs part he discusses his theory of  "Glamour vs Discourse" to explain the modern consumerist society and culture. here is a related video on the same theme.