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minus-squareAkagigahara@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoIt’s the term for the primal urges, and instincts I believe, in Freudian psychology. In German it is “das Es” which would translate to “the It”. More I cannot really explain
minus-squareAkagigahara@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoYep, I am not entirely sure why English translation chose to go latin, but Ego also is just Latin for I/Ich, which is what Freud called the other two
It’s the term for the primal urges, and instincts I believe, in Freudian psychology. In German it is “das Es” which would translate to “the It”. More I cannot really explain
I guess, “id” is just Latin for “it”… 🙃
Yep, I am not entirely sure why English translation chose to go latin, but Ego also is just Latin for I/Ich, which is what Freud called the other two