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Civilization and Its Discontents

Book by Sigmund Freud · 6 quotes · Men, Suffering, Civilization

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“The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it. The development of civilization imposes restrictions on it, and justice demands that no one shall escape those restrictions.”