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Particularly after the European Enlightenment, some works, such as Paradise Lost , were taken up by Romantics like Byron and described as presenting the biblical Satan as an allegory representing a crisis of faith, individualism, free will, wisdom and enlightenment.[citation needed ] Those works actually featuring Satan as a heroic character are fewer in number but do exist.
LaVey believed that the ideal Satanist should be individualistic and non-conformist, rejecting what he called the "colorless existence" that mainstream society sought to impose on those living within it.[89] He praised the human ego for encouraging an individual's pride, self-respect, and self-realization and accordingly believed in satisfying the ego's desires.[90]He expressed the view that self-indulgence was a desirable trait,[91] and that hate and aggression were not wrong or undesirable emotions but that they were necessary and advantageous for survival.[92] Accordingly, he praised the Seven Deadly Sins as virtues which were beneficial for the individual.[93] The anthropologist Jean La Fontaine highlighted an article that appeared in The Black Flame, in which one writer described "a true Satanic society" as one in which the population consists of "free-spirited, well-armed, fully-conscious, self-disciplined individuals, who will neither need nor tolerate any external entity 'protecting' them or telling them what they can and cannot do."[94]
LaVey believed that the ideal Satanist should be individualistic and non-conformist, rejecting what he called the "colorless existence" that mainstream society sought to impose on those living within it.[89] He praised the human ego for encouraging an individual's pride, self-respect, and self-realization and accordingly believed in satisfying the ego's desires.[90]He expressed the view that self-indulgence was a desirable trait,[91] and that hate and aggression were not wrong or undesirable emotions but that they were necessary and advantageous for survival.[92] Accordingly, he praised the Seven Deadly Sins as virtues which were beneficial for the individual.[93] The anthropologist Jean La Fontaine highlighted an article that appeared in The Black Flame, in which one writer described "a true Satanic society" as one in which the population consists of "free-spirited, well-armed, fully-conscious, self-disciplined individuals, who will neither need nor tolerate any external entity 'protecting' them or telling them what they can and cannot do."[94]