Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Sigmund Freud said
happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.
On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: The odds run against it: unhappiness comes easier, and people misjudge what would help
It simply cannot be put into execution, the whole constitution of things runs counter to it; one might say the intention that man should be ‘happy’ is not included in the scheme of ‘Creation’.
Where this was said
↗Civilization and Its Discontents (tr. Joan Riviere, 1930)gutenberg.org
All 20 korrents from this piecethis one is 5th
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I hold this tooShared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.