kind of obvious

"... the sense of guilt as the most important problem in the development of civilization, and to show that the price we pay for our advancement in civilization is a loss of happiness"

First time reading Freud. The book seems to overflow with ideas and quotes that will require a second or third reading to digest.

I have 20 pages of notes on this book. It is truly thought-provoking, illuminating, and well-written. Freud writes clearly and presents his brilliant ideas well. My English teacher recommended I read this after she read one of my assignments, and I am very glad I did.

Freud posits the discontents of society is the result of the suppression of our erotic energy and aggressive nature originating from the Id (related to the pleasure principle and palliative measures), the tension between Eros and Death, and stifling of these animal instincts by an external authority that develops the superego controlling the ego giving us emotions like guilt and remorse. But such is the price you pay by uniting men together in secure societies with nuclear family units, governed by laws in which stability is valued over intense pleasure, without adequate channels to express our desires and need for freedom.