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Animals, especially males, are, according to the Lorenz, biologically programmed to fight over resources. And these behaviors must be considered by nature's requirements i.e. natural selection. For example an aggression leading to death or serious injury will eventually become extinct unless it evolves a form of natural regulation. In the book, Lorenz has also negated belief of aggression as "contrary" to "positive" instincts like love, but rather depicted its understanding as a base for other instincts and its role in animal communication. The book, for large part, also deals with aggressive behavior in humans. It evinces extensive knowlegde on Philosophy and Biology. The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ... Resources comprise the base material for an activity or industry: factors of production, the economics term human capital, human resources (HR) and innovation natural resources resource (computer science) resource (Web) resource (Windows) resource (Macintosh) resource (political) resource (project management) Resource Distribution, human influence and the effects of trade. ... Natural selection is the process by which individual organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce. ... Death is the full cessation of vital functions in the biological life. ... Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical. ... The Chinese character for love (愛) —its parts indicating (top to bottom): That which gives breath (ie. ...

See also

• Aggression
• Psychoanalytic theory
• Sigmund Freud
• Psychoanalysis
• Evolution

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References

• Lorenz, Konrad (1963). Das sogenannte Böse. Wien: Borotha-Schoeler. (German original edition). ISBN 3-423-01000-2 (DTV edition 1974)
• Lorenz, Konrad (1974, c1966). On aggression. a harvest edt. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - XIV, 306 pages. ISBN 0-15-668741-0 (A Helen and Kurt Wolff book)