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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's the term for the primal urges, and instincts I believe, in Freudian psychology. In German it is "das Es" which would translate to "the It". More I cannot really explain

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I guess, "id" is just Latin for "it"... 🙃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Yep, I am not entirely sure why English translation chose to go latin, but Ego also is just Latin for I/Ich, which is what Freud called the other two