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Individualism and the Divided Soul
The concept of individualism has been a major component of modern thought since its inception. Individualism asserts that people are "one and indivisible" (Kundera 21). The problem with individualism arises when one is restrained from doing what one would like to do. This prohibition results in the soul becoming divided against itself. Sigmund Freud in Civilization and Its Discontents and Friedrich Nietzsche in On the Genealogy of Morals both discuss their perspectives on the origins of the divided soul. In his novel, Milan Kundera offers a comment on individualism, using the ideas of Freud and Nietzsche, in his characterization of Ludvik Jahn as a divided soul.
Freud maintains that man's purpose in life is to achieve happiness, which he defines as "satisfaction of needs" (Freud 25). This desire
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