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He argues that the main factor in the development of history is human need for unity and well-organized community. He points out that from basic needs of human, which include food, water, shelter and clothes comes a greatest of all: the need for close interaction between people. Since the beginnings of every civilization people realized that living together in a close relations is very beneficial. Even though Freud argues men are very aggressive, they tend to overcome this inclination and try working together to attain happiness. The need for individual interest is lost as members of the community discover that one will not be able to survive alone without the help of others. The way the history is developed is based on the idea that humans in any possible way want to take control over the nature and make their lives better than their ancestors. Everything people work on is eventually going to be beneficial to them in one-way or another. Freud?s approach to history is that, without strong relations between individuals, no society can exist and therefore no history would be made. The basic principles is that people need one another in order to survive and no one class can get too much control over another because that creates a problem. The division of power and labor according to Freud is essential, because it creates an order yet there should not be a big gap between the workers and the owners. This would create tensions and would eventually lead to disruption of peace and also of the means of
