The Power of Oedipus

There are other examples we could go on. One of the most powerful, rich examples is with Nietzsche. His father died when he was four and he never really got over it. He saw his father's death as an abandonment. And he had no other man in his family to come in to be substitute fathers. Now I'll mention two more contemporary figures. Most of you know about Madeline Muriel Hare,. But she was president of the American Atheist Society. She was responsible for getting prayer out of the public schools in the 60s.