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Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
Civilization and Its Discontents is considered Freud's most brilliant work. In it he states his views on the broad question of man's place in the world. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer several questions fund...
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The Ben Shapiro Show
The speaker quoted Freud from this book to support the argument that man's strongest experience of satisfaction is sexual love, leading him to seek happiness primarily through genital eroticism.
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Man's discovery that sexual, i.e., genital love, afforded him the strongest experience of satisfaction, and in fact provided him with the prototype of all happiness, must have suggested to him that he...
— Episode: Debunked: Sexual Freedom Makes You Happy
Episode: Debunked: Sexual Freedom Makes You Happy
The speaker quoted Freud from this book to support the argument that man's strongest experience of satisfaction is sexual love, leading him to seek happiness primarily through genital eroticism.
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Man's discovery that sexual, i.e., genital love, afforded him the strongest experience of satisfaction, and in fact provided him with the prototype of all happiness, must have suggested to him that he should continue to seek the satisfaction of happiness in his life along the path of sexual relations and that he should make genital eroticism the central point of his life, unquote.
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Philosophize This!
Freud argues that civilization requires the repression of unregulated human behavior to function well, using examples like sexual urges and aggressive instincts, and that this is the price of admission for experiencing the benefits of civilization.
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He writes about it in his book, Civilization and Its Discontents.
— Episode: Episode #111 ... The Frankfurt School pt...
Episode: Episode #111 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 4 - Eros
Freud argues that civilization requires the repression of unregulated human behavior to function well, using examples like sexual urges and aggressive instincts, and that this is the price of admission for experiencing the benefits of civilization.
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He writes about it in his book, Civilization and Its Discontents.
Freud thinks that what it is at its very foundation is a group of human beings coming together, a group that's obviously aware of all the benefits that come along with working in coalition with other people, but they also understand how fragile something like that can be.
The larger point Freud wants to make here is that this is not just some coincidence. This is what a civilization is.
The very concept of civilization requires the repression of unregulated human behavior.
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