Lecture · Psychological literatureWe believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.Sigmund FreudIntroductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis · 1917★ 6.3
Psychological literatureThe ego's relation to the id might be compared with that of a rider to his horse. The horse supplies the locomotive energy, while the rider has the privilege of deciding on the goal and of guiding and powerful animal's movement. But only too often there arises between the ego and the id the not precisely ideal situation of the rider being obliged to guide the horse along the path by which it itself wants to go.Sigmund FreudNew Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis · 1933★ 6.2
Psychological literatureThe interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.Sigmund FreudThe Interpretation of Dreams · 1899★ 5.5