Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Sigmund Freud said
On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: The odds run against it: unhappiness comes easier, and people misjudge what would help
Life as we find it is too hard for us; it entails too much pain, too many disappointments, impossible tasks. We cannot do without palliative remedies.
Where this was said
↗Civilization and Its Discontents (tr. Joan Riviere, 1930)gutenberg.org
All 20 korrents from this piecethis one is 4th
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Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?
I hold this tooShared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.