f pity, other times the superego will make us swell with pride when we do something good. I believe that the words of David Stevenson give a clear and concise insight into the superego.“While the ego may temporarily repress certain urges of the id in fear of punishment, eventually these external sources of punishment are internalized, and the child will not steal a chocolate, even unwatched, because he has taken punishment, right, and wrong into himself. The superego uses guilt and self-reproach as its primary means of enforcement for these rules. But if a person does something which is acceptable to the superego, he experiences pride and self-satisfaction. The superego is sub-dividable into two parts: conscience and ego ideal. Conscience tells what is right and wrong, and forces the ego to inhibit the id in pursuit of morally acceptable, not pleasurable or even realistic, goals. The ego ideal aims the individual's path of life toward the ideal, perfect goals instilled by society. In the pursuit, the mind attempts to make up for the loss of the perfect life experienced as a baby.” (Stevenson D, 1966) References David B. Stevenson, Freud’s Division Of Mind 1966, Brown University, http://landow.stg.brown.edu/HTatBrown/freud/Division_of_Mind.html Elliott A, Freud 2000, 1998, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, Pages 240 Ricoeur P, Freud And Philosophy, 1970, London, Yale University Press, Pages 186,187,212,299,300. Neimark A E, Sigmund Freud:The World Within,1976,New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 96....
