Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1639) Physical Body, Etheric Body, Astral Body and Ego versus Super-Ego, Ego and Id
Can we express to others the concepts of physical body, etheric body, astral body and ego?How does this structure differ for instance from Sigmund Freud’s psycho-analytical model, how does it relate?
In Anthroposophy we speak of a fourfold articulation of the human body: the physical body as physical-material structure, held in common with the mineral world; the life or etheric body, the source of life and growth, held in common with the plant world; the consciousness or astral body, held in common with the animal world; the ego or "I" of the human being, the faculty of self-awareness unique to humanity.
Psychoanalysis in contrast has this definition: “Id, ego and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche; they are the three theoretical constructs in terms of whose activity and interaction mental life is described. According to this model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends; the ego is the organized, realistic part; and the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing role.”
Can we express to others the concepts of physical body, etheric body, astral body and ego?How does this structure differ for instance from Sigmund Freud’s psycho-analytical model, how does it relate?
In Anthroposophy we speak of a fourfold articulation of the human body: the physical body as physical-material structure, held in common with the mineral world; the life or etheric body, the source of life and growth, held in common with the plant world; the consciousness or astral body, held in common with the animal world; the ego or "I" of the human being, the faculty of self-awareness unique to humanity.
Psychoanalysis in contrast has this definition: “Id, ego and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche; they are the three theoretical constructs in terms of whose activity and interaction mental life is described. According to this model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends; the ego is the organized, realistic part; and the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing role.”
