“Where id was, there ego shall be.”
Freud's summary of the aim of analysis: to bring unconscious drives under the rational organization of the ego. The formula expresses his hope that therapy can extend conscious self-governance into areas once dominated by instinct.
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Freud's summary of the aim of analysis: to bring unconscious drives under the rational organization of the ego. The formula expresses his hope that therapy can extend conscious self-governance into areas once dominated by instinct.