life instinct
Britishnoun
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Later, Freud formulated his famed "death instinct," into which suicide fitted neatly as death's triumph over the life instinct.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has written a book of three hundred and eighty-eight pages for the express purpose of proving that the phenomena of life, instinct, and intellect cannot be referred to any known natural forces.
From What is Darwinism? by Hodge, Charles
Gravity, organic life, instinct, human thought and affection, are forms of his influx manifesting itself in varying relations.
From The Elements of Character by Chandler, Mary G.
The life instinct in me would not be doomed, but was insistent in its demands and made me flee from insanity and death.
From An Anarchist Woman by Hapgood, Hutchins
With life instinct All things that are, to thee are linked By subtle ties; and none so mean Or loathsome hast thou ever seen, But wonderous in make hath been.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
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