Sigmund Freud breaks the conflict and race down even farther so as not to be simply between science and human values, but ultimately between the death instinct and Eros. Civilization, sustained by technological breakthroughs, gives rise to aggression and the death instinct. This instinct opposes the desires of Eros, which bring man together in love relationships. If aggression between individuals is allowed to dominate, civilization is threatened, and so restrictions are placed on man. These restrictions destroy happiness in civilized man, who can no longer gratify his instincts. In responses, man's goal becomes attaining happiness in spite of civilization's restrictions. To this end, energy is put into art, religion, addictive habits, and
