We believe that civilization has been built up, under the pressure of the struggle for existence, by sacrifices in gratification of the primitive impulses.[Wir glauben, die Kultur ist unter dem Antrieb der Lebensnot auf Kosten der Triebbefriedigung geschaffen worden.]
Source:Introductory Lectures On Psycho-Analysis (1916), (George Allen and Unwin, ed. 1922), Part I, Lecture 1. Introduction, Page 17
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