Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.

Marquis De Sade
About This Quote

In this quote, Sigmund Freud is saying that the experiences of sexual pleasure are only a very small part of human life. This has been a common belief since ancient times. In ancient Greece, for example, philosophers agreed that the soul was the most important part of life. They believed that the soul was either born from love or from lust.

While this belief may have been a bit exaggerated, it did serve a purpose. It created a basis for understanding that sex was a small part of life and that it did not need to be given much importance.

Source: The 120 Days Of Sodom And Other Writings

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