We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.

Wir glauben, die Kultur ist unter dem Antrieb der Lebensnot auf Kosten der Triebbefriedigung geschaffen worden, und sie wird zum großen Tiel immer wieder von neuem erschaffen.

Sigmund Freud

Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis

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Civilization

Author

Sigmund Freud

Source

Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis

Medium

Lecture

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

German

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist Writer

From

Austria Europe

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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [Introduction to Psychoanalysis]. 1915-1917, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, lecture 1. Lecture series.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis. W. W. Norton & Company, 1977, lecture 1.

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The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

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Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." Poems by Wilfred Owen. Chatto & Windus, 1920.

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Another quote from 1917

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Woodrow Wilson

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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1917 1910s 20th century
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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Another quote originally in German

Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust. The Tragedy's Second Part]. 1832, act 5.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Part Two, translated by David Luke. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 5.