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==Freudian Dictionary==
<blockquote>In the psycho-analytical theory of the mind we take it for granted that the course of mental processes is automatically regulated by "the pleasure-principle": that is to say, we believe that any given process originates in an unpleasant state of tension and thereupon determines for itself such a path that its ultimate issue coincides with a relaxation of this tension, i.e. with avoidance of "pain" or with production of pleasure.<ref>{{BPP}} Ch. 1</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>The pleasure-principle is a tendency which subserves a certain function-namely, that of rendering the psychic apparatus as a whole free from any excitation, or to keep the amount of excitation constant or as low as possible.<ref>{{BPP}} Ch. 7</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>The pleasure-pain principle is brought into action in response to the danger-signal, and plays a part in repression . . . . This principle has unrestricted sway over the processes in the id.<ref>{{NILP}} Ch. 4</ref></blockquote>
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==below==
"[[pleasure principle]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[principe de plaisir]]'')
