For to nothing does a stability of human results attach so much as it does to the workings in the way of virtue, since these are held to be more abiding even than the sciences: and of these last again the most precious are the most abiding, because the blessed live in them most and most continuously, which seems to be the reason why they are not forgotten.
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By now, Strachey’s Greek and Latin-based neologisms are deeply embedded in the language of English psychoanalysis. So are his much-debated rendering of “Seele” by “mind”, and his general tendency to use terms implying structure rather than process for the workings of the — mind? soul? psyche?
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