Identify (who) and explain the central point expressed in the passage As we see, what decides the purpose of life is simply the programme of the...

Identify (who) and explain the central point expressed in the passage

As we see, what decides the purpose of life is simply the programme of the pleasure principle. This principle dominates the operation of the mental apparatus from the start. There can be no doubt about its efficacy, and yet its programme is at loggerheads with the whole world. . . . One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be 'happy' is not included in the plan of 'Creation'.