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Quotation from The Ego and the Id by Sigmund Freud
“To the ego, therefore, living means the same as being loved”
The Ego and the Id, Ch. V, 'The Subordinate Relationships of the Ego', trans. Joan Riviere (1927)
In explaining the fear of death in melancholia, Freud says the ego gives itself up when it feels hated rather than loved by the super-ego.
Citation: "To the ego, therefore, living means the same as being loved" — Sigmund Freud, The Ego and the Id, Ch. V, 'The Subordinate Relationships of the Ego', trans. Joan Riviere (1927). (id freud-the-ego-and-the-id-q11)
