John Webster intuiting Sabina Spielrein’s & Sigmund Freud’s “death drive” in 1623:
“Heaven fashioned us of nothing, & we strive
To bring ourselves to nothing.”
The Duchess of Malfi, act III, scene 5
17th-century “death drive”
John Webster intuiting Sabina Spielrein’s & Sigmund Freud’s “death drive” in 1623:
“Heaven fashioned us of nothing, & we strive
To bring ourselves to nothing.”
The Duchess of Malfi, act III, scene 5
D. L. Dusenbury 