{"product_id":"9781945186936","title":"Ego and the Id","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Many major ideas have been borne out [of his theories] and are still relevant today.” —Huffington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud’s most prominent ideas was that of the id, the ego, and the super-ego—the three main factors behind the workings of the human mind. Freud claimed these components of the human psyche controlled all processes of personality, behaviors, and traits in a person.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Id was a person’s most basic and impulsive instincts—the ones that feed into our deepest desires and physical needs. The Super-Ego was the opposite of the id. This component controlled our highest morals and standards, operating through our conscience and making us desire to be our most ideal-selves. The piece in the middle is the Ego. The ego mediates between the id and realities of the world around us, while being supervised (and guilted) by the super-ego.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this new edition of his book, \u003ci\u003eThe Ego and the Id\u003c\/i\u003e, Sigmund Freud delves deeper into the concepts of the human mind and the results of the conflicts and workings between them.","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":51140163502305,"sku":"9781945186936","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/0956\/0289\/files\/9781945186936.jpg?v=1792795762","url":"https:\/\/simon-and-schuster-dev.myshopify.com\/products\/9781945186936","provider":"Simon and Schuster Dev","version":"1.0","type":"link"}