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The Death drive (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not one instinct among others but the crack itself, around which all the noisy instincts swarm — and even their noise is fed by death.

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The Death drive (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as Freud said, an affair of speculation — and this must be taken literally: it is the crack of thought on the incorporeal surface.

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The Death drive (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the psyche's forced movement, whose amplitude exceeds the resonating series — Habitus couples, Eros resonates, Thanatos overflows.

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The Death drive (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠time empty and out of joint, the straight-line labyrinth, 'invisible, incessant' — not Eros's antagonist but a wholly different synthesis.

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Ego instinct (n.) arise ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from inanimate matter coming to life and seek only to restore the inanimate state; they press toward death.

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The Instinct for mastery (n.) works ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠whether or not the memory it masters is pleasant.

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Lust (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.

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Lust (n.) leaves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠innocence only a slight defence wherever it rules.

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Lust (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a harsh mistress of the thoughts: never satisfied or appeased, it drives those it has inflamed to every kind of atrocity.

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Lust (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠desire and love in the matter of sexual intercourse — and it is still called lust whether it is excessive or not.

Kinds of Drives

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