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Quotation from Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego by Sigmund Freud
“Everything depends upon this illusion; if it were to be dropped, then both Church and army would dissolve, so far as the external force permitted them to”
Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, Ch. V, trans. James Strachey (1922)
Freud's claim that both Church and army rest on belief in a head who loves every member equally; his word 'illusion' should be weighed critically.
Citation: "Everything depends upon this illusion; if it were to be dropped, then both Church and army would dissolve, so far as the external force permitted them to" — Sigmund Freud, Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, Ch. V, trans. James Strachey (1922). (id freud-group-psychology-q2)
