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Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is

Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind. Why this has to happen, we do not know; the work of Eros is precisely this. – Sigmund Freud

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Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. – Sigmund Freud

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