In the classical Jungian framework, the tail - biting Uroborus is the symbolic depiction of the self.

在经典的荣格主义框架中，咬住尾巴的咬尾蛇是对自我的一种象征性的描绘。

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Yet much of the writing seems undigested or glib ("Corruption is why we win, " a Texas oilman tells a lawyer) and self-enchanted in its depiction of an American government -- read the Bush administration -- willing to do anything to anyone for the sake of oil.

WSJ: Glib Lines in the Sand

Occasionally self-conscious, this is the frankest depiction yet of the pain and personal liberation the commission has wrought.

ECONOMIST: General non-fiction

Vilks, a self-described atheist, points out he's an equal opportunity offender who in the past sketched a depiction of Jesus as a pedophile.

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