21st Century: Query 175 (Sigmund Freud)
“The
first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of
civilization.”
Despite Freud’s assertion, are humans truly and fully civilized? Why or why not?
~ Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis,
a clinical method for treating psychopathology
through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.
Despite Freud’s assertion, are humans truly and fully civilized? Why or why not?
At what point
might a civilization fail?
In the U.S., we
currently have a president who constantly hurls insults at perceived enemies.
At what point might his insults turn into weapons, perhaps starting a second
civil war?