Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Notions of Thanatos and Eros

Thanathos, the death instinct, has the function of separating and disintegrating, Eros has the function of binding, integrating, and uniting organisms to each other.  Each individual's life, then, is a battlefield.

Eric Fromm, The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good & Evil

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