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Perception is less of a recording system and more of a protection system against external stimuli.

Perception is less of a recording system and more of a protection system against external stimuli.

Sigmund Freud
Perception, Protection, Stimulus

Conscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating within us.

Sigmund Freud
Rejection, Perception, Wish
Sigmund Freud (2003). “Totem and Taboo”, p.79, Routledge

There is an intellectual function in us which demands unity, connection and intelligibility from any material, whether of perception or thought, that comes within its grasp; and if, as a result of special circumstances, it is unable to establish a true connection, it does not hesitate to fabricate a false one.

Sigmund Freud
Intellectual, Unity, Perception
Sigmund Freud, James Strachey (2001). “Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics”, p.111, Psychology Press

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