pleasure principle
Example Sentences
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The creation is yet another example of the restaurant’s pleasure principle at work, and how apt to enjoy it while Cheryl Lynn is singing “Got to Be Real.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022
I find myself increasingly committed to the pleasure principle — first formulated by John Dryden in 1668.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2020
So thank God for the streaming services, for bringing the pleasure principle back to culture.
From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2019
His films lurch ahead from strong moment to strong moment, following the pleasure principle of his own fervent curiosity rather than the tracks of a plot line.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 16, 2015
The transition from the pleasure principle to that of fact is the most important advance in the development of the ego.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
