pleasure principle
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S.J. Perelman was a master of comedy. Nearly a century later, his work still delivers laughs.|Donald Liebenson|August 25, 2021|Washington PostSaturn conjunct Venus combines the discipline of the former with the pleasure principle of the latter.
The activities of this “pleasure principle”, however, constantly come into conflict with the “reality principle.”
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard GlueckThe transition from the pleasure principle to that of fact is the most important advance in the development of the ego.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud
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In psychoanalysis, the demand that an instinctive need (usually sexual or aggressive) be gratified, regardless of the social or practical consequences. Sigmund Freud held that the id was dominated totally by the pleasure principle, but that, with the development of the ego and superego, individuals become aware of the demands of social reality (the reality principle), and thereby learn to temper and regulate their quest for pleasure.