Before revision: In 1923, linking the pleasure principle to the libido he described it as the watchman over life; and in Civilization and its Discontents of 1930 he still considered that "what decides the purpose of life is simply the programme of the pleasure principle".Sigmund Freud, Civilization, Society and Religion (PFL 12), p. 263.
After revision: In 1923, linking the pleasure principle to the libido he described it as the watchman over life; and in Civilization and Its Discontents of 1930 he still considered that "what decides the purpose of life is simply the programme of the pleasure principle".Sigmund Freud, Civilization, Society and Religion (PFL 12), p. 263.