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Carl Gustav Jung

Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology Section section-0232

Section 232 of 508

Canonical reference section-0232

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Various; edited by Constance E. Long

Therefore I suggest that the psychoanalytic theory should be liberated from the purely sexual standpoint. In place of it I should like to introduce an energic view-point into the psychology of neurosis.

All psychological phenomena can be considered as manifestations of energy, in the same way as all physical phenomena are already understood as energic manifestations since Robert Mayer discovered the law of the conservation of energy. This energy is subjectively and psychologically conceived as desire . I call it libido , using the word in the original meaning of this term, which is by no means only sexual. Sallustius applies the term exactly in the way we do here: " Magis in armis et militaribus equis, quam in scortis et conviviis libidinem habebant. "

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Je propose donc de libérer la théorie psychanalytique du point de vue purement sexuel. À sa place, je voudrais introduire dans la psychologie de la névrose un point de vue énergétique.

Tous les phénomènes psychologiques peuvent être considérés comme des manifestations d'énergie, de même que tous les phénomènes physiques sont déjà compris comme des manifestations énergétiques depuis que Robert Mayer a découvert la loi de la conservation de l'énergie. Cette énergie est conçue subjectivement et psychologiquement comme désir. Je l'appelle libido, employant ce mot dans son sens originel, qui n'est nullement exclusivement sexuel. Salluste emploie ce terme exactement comme nous le faisons ici : « Magis in armis et militaribus equis, quam in scortis et conviviis libidinem habebant. »

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