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Civilization and Its Discontents

A work by Sigmund Freud, first published in 1930

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  • What korrents draws from it

    People seem to measure by false standards, seeking power, success and riches while undervaluing what is truly precious in life, In the mind, it is more the rule than the exception for the past to survive, The need for religion derives from the child's helplessness and longing for a father, kept alive by fear of fate …

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First published
19302
Edition korrents quotes
tr. Joan Riviere, 19303
Claims on korrents
201

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. People seem to measure by false standards, seeking power, success and riches while undervaluing what is truly precious in life (opens korrents.com)1

  2. In the mind, it is more the rule than the exception for the past to survive (opens korrents.com)1

  3. The need for religion derives from the child's helplessness and longing for a father, kept alive by fear of fate (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Life as we find it is too hard for us, so we cannot do without palliative remedies (opens korrents.com)1

  5. One might say that human happiness is not part of the plan of creation (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Our possibilities of happiness are limited from the start by our constitution, and it is much easier to be unhappy (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. Civilization and Its Discontents (tr. Joan Riviere, 1930) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Civilization and Its Discontents, Q1170621 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. Civilization and Its Discontents (tr. Joan Riviere, 1930) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

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