This essay theorizes a relationship between the account of the splitting of the Atman in the Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad and Aristophanes' account of the origin of the sexes in Plato's Symposium.
This essay theorizes a relationship between the account of the splitting of the Atman in the Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad and Aristophanes' account of the origin of the sexes in Plato's Symposium. The author of this essay refers the reader to Sigmund Pfeifer's compilation of theories of child-play that are free from the "economic point of view" which he explores. This essay analyzes the case of a boy who hides his toys to simulate the disappearance of his mother in the game of (*) "Fort!—Da!" Later, Tancred's assault on the tree housing Clorinda's soul is cited as an example of the "repetition compulsion," the mechanism of which is not dominated by the title concept. For 10 points, name this long essay which proposes that "the aim of all life is death," a work of Sigmund Freud.
This essay theorizes a relationship between the account of the splitting of the Atman in the Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad and Aristophanes' account of the origin of the sexes in Plato's Symposium.
{Beyond the Pleasure Principle} [or {Jenseits des Lustprinzips}]