/lit/ - Literature

>I do not in general have the impression that sexual abstinence helps produce energetic, independent men of action or original thinkers, bold liberators and reformers. Far more often it produces well-behaved weaklings who later merge into the great mass of those who habitually, if reluctantly, follow the lead given by strong individuals.

>In my piece entitled ‘The Future of an Illusion’ I was much less concerned with the most profound sources of religious sentiment than with what the common man understands by his religion, the system of teachings and promises that on the one hand explains to him, with enviable thoroughness, the riddles of this world, and on the other assures him that a careful providence will watch over his life and compensate him in a future existence for any privations he suffers in this. The common man cannot imagine this providence otherwise than as an immensely exalted father. Only such a being can know the needs of the children of men, be softened by their pleas and propitiated by signs of their remorse. All this is so patently infantile, so remote from reality, that it pains a philanthropic temperament to think that the great majority of mortals will never be able to rise above such a view of life. It is still more embarrassing to learn how many of those living today, who cannot help seeing that this religion is untenable, nevertheless seek to defend it, bit by bit, in pathetic rearguard actions.

What's the best contemporary book on psychoanalysis? I want to find out which parts of it are still considered valid and which are not.

>>17975711
You obsessive pursuit of masculine traits suggests you're inherently lacking in the self-assured masculinity of true men. It's almost as if you're pursuing a lost masculine ideal, pursuing an image of your father the first time you saw him naked in the shower. Your cock still seems smaller than that dangling hog, doesn't it? You're always going to be that scared little boy, no matter how hard you try. See, me, I was a national wrestling champion and boxing coach as part of an outreach to inner city kids. I joined the Army.(infantry) as soon as I turned 18. As much time as I've spent in gyms and around "men" it's easy to recognise you: overemotional, power-starved faggots (literally, you're a childish closeted fag for even having your pic related on a device you own) who, even if they put on 30 lbs of beach muscle, never fulfill the profound deficiency at their core.

>>16138717

more like bugman pseud

>>14707773
They have enough self-awareness to realize they are inferior beings but not enough self-awareness to humbly admit it to themselves, thus resulting in the typically Afro-American neurosis.

this guy was wayy ahead of his time. If only he were born a decade or two earlier then maybe most his shit might have stood today

Communism is a coping mechanism for the fact you're poor.

Yeah man, I'm totally a pessimist.
>Has 6 kids

Really?

any psychotherapists on here?

in the name of being authentic, would you tell a client you are in love with them?