人类永恒的幸福是永远不可能的事情

English translation: attaining lasting happiness is impossible

19:54 Nov 30, 2002
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
/ Quote from Freud
Chinese term or phrase: 人类永恒的幸福是永远不可能的事情
Quote from Freud. Know the exact wording? Something like this:

The eternal happiness of mankind is eternally impossible.
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English translation:attaining lasting happiness is impossible
Explanation:
The above phrase is all I could find online (it is from a university's quiz question, see the second webpage reference, question #6). However, you can go to the following website (the first reference) and see if they can help you.

This website calls itself the "Sigmund Freud Lecture Hall." You can post your question there and see if anyone there might be able to help you.

Good luck!
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jerraine
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3 +1the general unhappiness which is the usual lot of mankind
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2attaining lasting happiness is impossible
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the general unhappiness which is the usual lot of mankind


Explanation:
I don't know if this could help... I hope so... Somewhere else I found "attaining eternal happiness is impossible", speaking about Freud's opinion on happiness.


    Reference: http://www.gibbsonline.com/philos3.html
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agree  Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.: Freud didn't write in English, right? So any good translation should serve...? This was a reference that popped up for me, too. Sounds pretty "philosophical" to me (and I dated one for over a decade! :-) )
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attaining lasting happiness is impossible


Explanation:
The above phrase is all I could find online (it is from a university's quiz question, see the second webpage reference, question #6). However, you can go to the following website (the first reference) and see if they can help you.

This website calls itself the "Sigmund Freud Lecture Hall." You can post your question there and see if anyone there might be able to help you.

Good luck!


    Reference: http://mobydicks.com/lecture/SigmundFreudhall/wwwboard23.htm...
    Reference: http://www.cis.fordham.edu/~gsas/philosophy/freudreadingquiz...
jerraine
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