Difference between revisions of "Pleasure principle"
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The [[pleasure principle]] aims exclusively at obtaining pleasure and avoiding unpleasure. | The [[pleasure principle]] aims exclusively at obtaining pleasure and avoiding unpleasure. | ||
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| + | The [[pleasure principle]] therefore serves to reduce tension and to return the [[psyche]] to a state of equilibrium or constancy. | ||
Revision as of 02:54, 4 August 2006
Sigmund Freud
According to Freud, the pleasure principle is one of the "two principles of mental functioning" -- in addition to the reality principle.
The pleasure principle directs all mental or psychical activity towards obtaining pleasure and avoiding unpleasure.
All mental or psychical activity is directed -- by the pleasure principle -- towards obtaining pleasure and avoiding unpleasure.
All mental or psychical activity is directed towards obtaining pleasure and avoiding unpleasure.
The pleasure principle aims exclusively at obtaining pleasure and avoiding unpleasure.
The latter results from increased excitation.
The pleasure principle therefore serves to reduce tension and to return the psyche to a state of equilibrium or constancy.
The pleasure principle is closely linked to the prohibition of incest
The pleasure principle is closely related to the prohibition of incest, the symbolic law and the regulation of desire.
The pleasure principle is "that which regulates the distance between the subject and das Ding.
