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
A life idea in the higher classes of mind, a life instinct in the lower.
From Mike Fletcher A Novel by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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
We may postulate a continuous excitement of nerve centers as its basis, and this excitement cognizes other excitement in some mysterious manner, but no more mysterious than life, instinct or intelligence are.
From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham
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.
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