Freud, S. (1911). Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning.

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Freud, S. (1911). Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume XII (1911-1913): The Case of Schreber, Papers on Technique and Other Works, 213-226

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Editor's Note to "Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning"

Formulierungen Über Die Zwei Prinzipien Des Psychischen Geschehens


James Strachey

(a) German Editions:

1911 fb. psychoan. psychopath. Forsch., 3 (1), 1-8.

1913 S.K.S.N., 3, 271-9. (2nd ed., 1921)

1924 G.S., 5, 409-17.

1931 Theoretische Schriften, 5-14.

1943 G.W., 8, 230-8.

(b) English Translation:

‘Formulations Regarding the Two Principles in Mental Functioning’ 1925 C.P., 4, 13-21. (Tr. M. N. Searl.)

The present translation, with a modified tide, is based on the one published in 1925, but has been largely re-written.

We learn from Dr. Ernest Jones that Freud began planning this paper in June, 1910, and was working at it simultaneously with the Schreber case history (1911c). His progress at it was slow, but on October 26 he spoke on the subject before the Vienna Psycho-Ana

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