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Latency (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the incubation period (84) during which no trace of the forgotten/repressed memory (in this context both the murder and monotheism) is apparent, even though it persist in a dormant state to return later in time.

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The Latency (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the long lull of childhood when sexual progress stalls and much that was learnt is unlearnt.

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The Latency (n.) brings ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the dissolution of the Oedipus complex, the consolidation of the super-ego and the raising of ethical and aesthetic barriers in the ego.

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Latency (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be the species storing its sexual forces in childhood, Fliess suggested, so that released at puberty they serve culture.

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Latency (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the incubation period of the mind: the stretch between the blow and the first symptom, as between the train crash and the tremor — or between Moses and monotheism.

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A Latency (n.) follows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when sexual life, after blossoming, dies down at five, until it begins again at puberty — man seems the only animal that starts his sexuality twice, and that double start may be what made him human.