Sublimation (n.) is an act in art, thinking, and spirituality that depends on a paradoxical obedience to oneself. If one is unable to command, one will be a slave, but if one is unable to obey, one will be a mindless barbarian.
Sublimation (n.) is the diversion of a drive or a passion so as to discharge itself in an apparently different way.
Sublimation (n.) is the process whereby forces (such as revenge, sex, cruelty) have no outlet themselves and must be supplied an outlet by another weaker force (resentment, love, tragic pity).
Sublimation (n.) is the suppression of one's immediate instincts for domination in order to achieve a more sublime and satisfying feeling of power.
Sublimation (n.) is what good actions are made of: they are sublimated evil ones, while evil actions are vulgarised and stupefied good ones.
Sublimation (n.) turns tyranny into law-giving: to be a law-giver is a sublimated form of tyranny.