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And these three parts are the id, the ego,
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and the superego
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and they emerge developmentally.
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The id, according to Freud, is present at birth.
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It's the animal part of the self.
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It wants to eat, drink, pee, poop, get warm,
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and have sexual satisfaction.
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It is outrageously stupid.
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It works on what Freud called, "The Pleasure Principle.”
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It wants pleasure and it wants it now.
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And that's, according to Freud,
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how a human begins,