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Q&A #5

The Nietzsche Podcast

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What Does Freud Mean About Polymorphic Perversity?

Pauli: Freud's whole thesis regarding human sexuality was that the suppression of it would cause the sexual impulse to be sublimated into other forms. So I guess I'm just wondering where are we trying to get from where we are here? That would be better than the current engagement with sex that society has, I guess. Pauli: To me, it does seem sort of like an individual thing because Freud is a psychoanalyst and he's concerned with individual pathologies.

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