The document discusses Sigmund Freud's perspective on human psychology and civilization. It describes Freud as seeing humans as driven by unrespectable and largely unconscious desires and aversions. It also discusses how Freud recognized that civilization requires individuals to control impulses and deny wishes in order to function, but that this also causes frustration and limits freedom. Finally, it discusses how the most significant aspect of education is teaching children what not to do or ask for, even in their imagination.