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==Sigmund Freud==
The [[pleasure principle]] is one of the "two principles of mental functioning" -- that is, one of the two principles that givern mental or psychical activity -- in addition to the [[reality principle]].
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]]''.