Freud
We learned something very interesting today: psycho-analysis/Freud's philosophy. Id, ego and super-ego are the three parts of the human psyche: Id is the base animalistic desires (sex, gree, selfishness, survival); Super-ego is the logical lessons learnt (the shoulds and should nots); and Ego is the balance of both. Understandably, different people have varying weightage of superego and id, some tending more towards superego and others towards their basic desires. I guess the superego is something which society has caged around the basic desires or Id, and what emerges is still a somewhat recognisable as stemming from Id yet tampered down by Superego. For some reason a furry ball of a monster who got forced into and struggling in a doll-sized house came into mind, with the monster finally emerging through the front door, much smaller and trimmer (in fur and size) yet still recognisable as that initial monster.
Application: The example she gave - of an unconscious lusty nude male/female lying unconscious on the road, what is/are your reaction(s)? - made me realise that perhaps I'm governed quite abit more by my superego, since my first thought was to get something to cover his nudity and preserve him some dignity, then getting help. This is during my calm, normal circumstances anyway. I guess that explains why I have some perspectives that often seem quite out of place and even old-fashioned. I believe in following rules about attire especially in school, for eg, I really dislike short skirts (exacerbated by ugly legs or flashes of underwear yuck) and I always ensure that my shirt is tucked all the way in and around, sleeves folded equally and stuff like that. I think people should always return cutlery and plates and not leave a table littered with food and tissues and whatnot. These are things that have somehow been deeply inculcated in me along the way. Guess I know why now. But then again, maybe that's what I think my reaction will be only cuz I've yet to understand the pleasures of the flesh? Lol.
The concept of super-ego has been subject to criticism for its sexism. Women, who are considered to be already castrated, do not identify with the father, and therefore form a weak super-ego, apparently leaving them susceptible to immorality and sexual identity complications.
Hmm... interesting lol. This too:
German readers would have been aware of Nietzsche's previous use of "it" to describe that which is impersonal and subject to natural law within us. It may be pertinent in this connection that an infant in German is referred to under a grammatically neuter gender, in other words, as an "it".
Then she introduced two other concepts - libido and mortido. Libido (or eros or sex drive) was seen as a life force or expression of love, whilst Mortido (or thanatos or cerros) was seen as a destructive force. Both could be expressed internally or externally, again with different weightages in different people. Inward libido would be something like narcissism as an extreme or a more moderate self-confidence; external libido would be something like loving all and everyone, or perhaps just accepting one and all for who they are. People who express mortido internally would, on the extreme end, be self-destructive and suicidal, whilst those who have direct this force outwardly will tend to be violent and destructive of things. I guess mine manifests positively in aggression in sports, probably why often once I stop exercising, I tend to become more edgy and mean stuff would start slipping out of my mouth. meep.
On a different note, it didnt really register until I said it outloud in class, that it was only in JC that I finally got outta my shell and insecurities and discovered myself. Oh well.
~ st*rcr*ss*d ~
Application: The example she gave - of an unconscious lusty nude male/female lying unconscious on the road, what is/are your reaction(s)? - made me realise that perhaps I'm governed quite abit more by my superego, since my first thought was to get something to cover his nudity and preserve him some dignity, then getting help. This is during my calm, normal circumstances anyway. I guess that explains why I have some perspectives that often seem quite out of place and even old-fashioned. I believe in following rules about attire especially in school, for eg, I really dislike short skirts (exacerbated by ugly legs or flashes of underwear yuck) and I always ensure that my shirt is tucked all the way in and around, sleeves folded equally and stuff like that. I think people should always return cutlery and plates and not leave a table littered with food and tissues and whatnot. These are things that have somehow been deeply inculcated in me along the way. Guess I know why now. But then again, maybe that's what I think my reaction will be only cuz I've yet to understand the pleasures of the flesh? Lol.
The concept of super-ego has been subject to criticism for its sexism. Women, who are considered to be already castrated, do not identify with the father, and therefore form a weak super-ego, apparently leaving them susceptible to immorality and sexual identity complications.
Hmm... interesting lol. This too:
German readers would have been aware of Nietzsche's previous use of "it" to describe that which is impersonal and subject to natural law within us. It may be pertinent in this connection that an infant in German is referred to under a grammatically neuter gender, in other words, as an "it".
Then she introduced two other concepts - libido and mortido. Libido (or eros or sex drive) was seen as a life force or expression of love, whilst Mortido (or thanatos or cerros) was seen as a destructive force. Both could be expressed internally or externally, again with different weightages in different people. Inward libido would be something like narcissism as an extreme or a more moderate self-confidence; external libido would be something like loving all and everyone, or perhaps just accepting one and all for who they are. People who express mortido internally would, on the extreme end, be self-destructive and suicidal, whilst those who have direct this force outwardly will tend to be violent and destructive of things. I guess mine manifests positively in aggression in sports, probably why often once I stop exercising, I tend to become more edgy and mean stuff would start slipping out of my mouth. meep.
On a different note, it didnt really register until I said it outloud in class, that it was only in JC that I finally got outta my shell and insecurities and discovered myself. Oh well.
~ st*rcr*ss*d ~
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