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This paper explains Sigmund Freud believed that the sexual instinct, or libido, was the motivating power behind human acts and behavior and that the overall conflict between civilization and sexuality was based on the frustration or obstacle placed upon that instinct; frustration developed the neurosis that characterized civilization. The author points out that Nietzsche was a proponent of nihilism. and probably the first existential philosopher. by arguing that there was no objective order or structure in the world except what men created or perceived. This paper relates that Nietzsche's 'superman' was the highest expression and projection of will, the very creative force behind all human endeavor that an enlightened and happy society must observe and cultivate.

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"Man instinctively wanted to be joined to a sexual object as opposed to groups, which was how society managed its governed. Society has always attempted to control individual impulses by subjugating inborn impulses to the higher, more valuable group interests, which endeavored to produce "gratification substitutes" to the individual sexual craving and aggressions. Most men agreed, and still do, to this manipulation of their inner and natural desires only because of their own need to belong and the individual limitations. The result was the development of neurosis for driving this natural appetite into the darkest subconscious or conscious mind of man and giving it a very bad name and image."

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