On Friendship
Rangell’s essay, “On Friendship,” ends with this thought, “For life’s bright and dark periods are determined, in the long run, not from the height of the intense love peaks but from the level of the baseline, the likes rather than the loves. Among these, friendships are a major indicator.” “On Friendship” was published in The Journal […]
The Scope of Intrapsychic Conflict: Microscopic and Macroscopic Considerations
“Since we must arbitrarily select a starting point, let us start with a hypothetical state of psychic equilibrium, with a person at ease, content, at rest, not particularly ‘bothered’ by anything. He is well defended and averagely satisfled with how adapted he is at that moment, (Such states are, to be sure, most often transitional and not too long-lasting […]