life instinct

noun

The life instinct was fully awakened in him now, as the dread from which he had run became more distant.

The gradual disappearance of my “life-instinct,” which already began a few years ago, is now more marked, more precise.

The machines intertwined their lessons with the basic drives, weaving a pattern of learned behavior with the life instinct.

The dance satisfied this life instinct, which, when that outlet was made difficult, sought some other way.

The life instinct in me would not be doomed, but was insistent in its demands and made me flee from insanity and death.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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