Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2183

SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939) Das Ich und das Es. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag 1923 77 pp. 23.7 cm.

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It was in this book that Freud's far-reaching tripartite theory of personality first gained full expression, laying the groundwork for his future work and setting the stage for decades of conjecture and experimentation. In Freudian psychology the Id (Es) represents primary instincts and needs and is the source of the libido, while the Ego (Ich) is both a conscious and subconscious reaction to the social environment, mediating between the primitive id and the demands of the outside world. The Superego, which Freud earlier termed the ego-ideal, is the psychic agency that incorporates learned standards of behavior and thought, coercing the self to meet higher standards.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.