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marylandblue

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9. His best book was "Civilization and its Discontents"

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 10:35 PM

Aug 2018

Which was more of philosophical work than psychological, and I think it still holds up pretty well when you lookat how barbaric "civilized" people can be.

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Anyone remember "anal retentive" as a descriptive term. [View all] MineralMan Aug 2018 OP

Sure! LisaM Aug 2018 #1

Yeah edhopper Aug 2018 #2

I thought it referred to Martn Luther's chronic MineralMan Aug 2018 #3

There's an inverse term Lordquinton Aug 2018 #4

Ewww... MineralMan Aug 2018 #5

This is Freud we're talking about Lordquinton Aug 2018 #6

Freud was a weird old geezer. MineralMan Aug 2018 #7

His best book was "Civilization and its Discontents" marylandblue Aug 2018 #9

I missed that one, and have moved on in what I'm reading. MineralMan Aug 2018 #13

So does that mean it can be scientifically demonstrated that Trump is, in fact, an asshole? marylandblue Aug 2018 #8

You have a point, it's science Lordquinton Aug 2018 #11

The term isn't restricted to religionists Major Nikon Aug 2018 #10

That's true, of course. MineralMan Aug 2018 #12