alterity :: concepts

November 1, 2004

concept: Thanatos

In greek mythology, Thanatos was the personification of death. In Freudian psychology, Thanatos refers to the "death instinct."

By wishing to be dead while alive, one is always challenging death, inviting it to play. This plays into the human desire to be doing what is not always best for living, making a goal out of being on the brink of death.

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