Saturday, July 9, 2016

Communication and Psyche

Like most animals, apparently, humans communicate with one another, sometimes not for some ulterior personal purpose, but simply for the company.  So, there exists an impulse to communicate, but one that seems to elude easy classification in any of the established Psychic categories.  For example, it is not Vegetative, since it does not consist in the reproduction of Life; it is not Locomotive, since it does not require change of location; it does not necessarily involve Calculation; it transcends the Ego, and, hence, any of its Id, and the Superego presupposes the possibility of Communication.  Instead, it is a manifestation of a Species drive, and, hence, of a Superid.

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