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Civilization and its discontents - Sigmund Freud
Civilization imposes restrictions to the humans sexuality, behavior and instincts in general, which negatively impacts their happiness.
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Civilization and its discontents - Sigmund Freud
According to Freud, civilization didn't provide us freedom, it actually limited it.
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Civilization and its discontents - Sigmund Freud
Civilization can be considered a trade-off in which humans gave away a part of their freedom (especially in the sexual sphere) to meet social and economic standards... but this seems not to be working out.
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Civilization and its discontents - Sigmund Freud
We keep chasing "happiness", without really knowing what happiness is.
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