alex angelosanto’s Reviews > Freud: The Mind of the Moralist > Status Update

"Freud thought of the unconscious as somewhat like a hidden god...The unconscious never says No. The unconscious can only strive blindly to gratify its instincts in complete disregard of the superior strength of outside forces. Consciousness is alterable. Unconscious forces are indestructible. Yet it is something upon which civilization must draw
for the sake of its life"