“My love is something valuable to me which I ought not to throw away without reflection.”
Sigmund Freud book Civilization and Its Discontents
Source: Civilization and Its Discontents
Quotes from bookCivilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund FreudOriginal title Das Unbehagen in der Kultur (German, 1930)
Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. It was written in 1929 and first published in German in 1930 as Das Unbehagen in der Kultur . Exploring what Freud sees as the important clash between the desire for individuality and the expectations of society, the book is considered one of Freud's most important and widely read works, and one of the most influential and studied books in the field of modern psychology.
Sigmund Freud book Civilization and Its Discontents
Man kann sich des Eindrucks nicht erwehren, daß die Menschen gemeinhin mit falschen Maßstäben messen, Macht, Erfolg und Reichtum für sich anstreben und bei anderen bewundern, die wahren Werte des Lebens aber unterschätzen.
Source: 1920s, Civilization and Its Discontents (1929), Ch. 1, as translated by James Strachey, p.25
Sigmund Freud book Civilization and Its Discontents
Source: 1920s, Civilization and Its Discontents (1929), Ch. 2, as translated by James Strachey, p.62
