why war

The two human instincts are erotic and aggressive. In Why War Sigmund Freud discusses the two human instincts that lead to war. The aggressive instinct is the block from which the erotic instinct has been built. If one was to take away the aggressive instinct the erotic instinct would fall with it. Erotic comes directly from Plato, who uses it to mean sexuality. Aggressive represents those people who seek to destroy and kill. Both instincts …

…be separated into two different categories. They are intertwined and cannot survive without the other. The two instincts are competing for a monopoly over the world, a battle that neither will ever win. People choose not to see the aggressive instinct for what it is. The aggressive instinct is the block from which the erotic instinct has been built. If one was to take away the aggressive instinct the erotic instinct would fall with it.