While some of Freud's ideas may be faulty and others not easily testable, he was a peerless observer of the human condition, and enough of what he proposed, particularly concerning the reality principle, manifests itself in daily life.
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He writes, " Schiller's " Letters " . . . aim at remaking of civilization by virtue of the liberating force of the aesthetic function : it is envisaged as containing the possibility of a new reality principle ."
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Freud saw the development of the reality principle as a process which'demands and carries into effect the postponement of satisfaction . . . and the temporary toleration of unpleasure as a step on the long indirect road to pleasure '.
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The Oslo bargain also can't be restored unless Clinton and Secretary of State Albright start acting as the reality principle for the parties, speaking out loudly and clearly _ not with the mumbo-jumbo they've been using to avoid offending anyone.
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THE U . S . : If the moderate center is to survive, the U . S . is going to have to play the crucial, tough-minded role of the reality principle, reminding everyone of what is required to move forward.
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Thus in the Story of O, just as the chains never rust in her fairytale-style ch�teau, so too the inhabitants are never damaged by their ordeals, and never lose an iota of their allure in a triumph of the imaginary over the reality principle.
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Both the reality principle and pleasure principle pursue personal gratification, but the crucial difference between the two is that the reality principle is more focused on the long-term and is more goal-oriented while the pleasure principle disregards everything except for the immediate fulfillment of its desires.
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Both the reality principle and pleasure principle pursue personal gratification, but the crucial difference between the two is that the reality principle is more focused on the long-term and is more goal-oriented while the pleasure principle disregards everything except for the immediate fulfillment of its desires.
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Freud argued that an ego thus educated has become reasonable; it no longer lets itself be governed by the pleasure principle, but obeys the reality principle, which also, at bottom, seeks to obtain pleasure, but pleasure which is assured through taking account of reality, even though it is pleasure postponed and diminished .
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Marcuse argues that " the irreconcilable conflict is not between work ( reality principle ) and Eros ( pleasure principle ), but between " alienated " labour ( performance principle ) and Eros . " Sex is allowed for " the betters " ( capitalists ), and for workers only when not disturbing performance.
