Becker also wrote The Birth and Death of Meaning and then deconstructing those illusions through our own evolving intellect .
Meaning gets its title from the concept of mankind moving away from the simple - minded ape into a world of symbols and illusions .
Becker also wrote The Birth and Death of Meaning , which gets its title from the concept of mankind moving away from the simple - minded ape into a world of symbols and illusions , and then deconstructing those illusions through our own evolving intellect .