Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Sigmund Freud said
On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: More money, status and achievement do not add up to a better life
The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious things in life.
Where this was said
↗Civilization and Its Discontents (tr. Joan Riviere, 1930)gutenberg.org
All 20 korrents from this piecethis one is 1st
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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.