tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post447022175081209281..comments2024-03-19T10:45:06.077+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Was Freud correct that 'everything' is explained by sex?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-6748015184512398162013-10-14T14:35:34.829+01:002013-10-14T14:35:34.829+01:00@SDR - Yes, I would say Freud was sometimes right ...@SDR - Yes, I would say Freud was sometimes right - but for the wrong reasons; and because he was influential there is an element of self-fulfilling prophecy about him.<br /><br />(viz: Freud became a prophet - to some extent - only because lots of people believed him and acted accordingly. Which is almost the opposite of a real prophet!).Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-87325993291822881052013-10-14T14:05:33.127+01:002013-10-14T14:05:33.127+01:00"...when a society becomes degraded and corru...<i>"...when a society becomes degraded and corrupted by secular, materialist and selfish influences - such as those of Freud himself - then, indeed, libido and its sublimations do come to the fore and begin to explain most of what goes-on."</i><br /><br />Thank you for that insightful analysis. I understand, then, that Freud was a kind of false prophet. As such he was wrong most of the time, but occasionally right, in this case on the overall main point.Sylvie D. Rousseauhttp://sylvietheolog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-58630001220339209792013-10-14T12:01:29.883+01:002013-10-14T12:01:29.883+01:00@Aegis - True enough - and I would add Envy to tha...@Aegis - True enough - and I would add Envy to that list (which is a type of Pride). Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-52266717961427575002013-10-14T11:52:42.591+01:002013-10-14T11:52:42.591+01:00My older brother is reading St. Augustine's Ci...My older brother is reading St. Augustine's City of God. He told me that, according to Augustine, there are two sins which can be indulged infinitely: wrath and lust.<br /><br />Don Giovanni might be an example of a character's attempt at infinite lust.<br /><br /><br />-AegisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com