URGES AND WIDERURGES IN A PRIMITIVE SEPT
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Two primitive urges: Joseph Collins, The Doctor Looks at Literature: Psychological Studies of Life and Letters (1923): "Recognition of the existence of the two primitive urges, the instincts of self-preservation and of the preservation of the race [a wider urge], is the first step towards appreciation of their reasonable limitations and the extent to which they may be brought into harmony with the requirements of a well-balanced life."
- sept: Irish clan
- wider (German): Contrary, counter
- Totem and Taboo: A 1913 book by Sigmund Freud that examines sexual neurosis, in particular the urge toward incest and the societal taboos that counter it, in the context of primitive cultures
