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Beyond the Pleasure Principle

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Isn't the Pleasure Principle the Reality Principle?

The pleasure principle is about the elimination of excitation. The reality principle just tries to extend that out further. Lege kind of cuts against the way we usually think of pleasure as something's exciting to us. You know, you kno, s rally.

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