Abstract

In this contribution we have been able to demonstrate the implicit acceptance of two notions of Freud's in view of origin and statute of conscience, being already established in his writings before the turn of the century, especially in his correspondence with his colleague W. Fliess. These notions will constitute the essential elements of one more recent super-ego theory. The first thesis premises an interpersonal relation between ego and conscience. This relation is at the same time a reflection of child's late dynamical attitude towards its parents and educators. As we could discover, this notion was abstracted from gradually acquired insights in the structure of paranoic delusions of reference and auditory hallucinations. The second notion may be defined as follows : Conscience, possessing above mentionned statute in personality, must be a fruit of the child's identifying itself with its (sexually) beloved parents and educators. At this conclusion Freud could arrive on account of a previous statement of four facts during his investigation in hysterical symptom formation : a) that one can as well identify oneself with the beloved one as with one's love rival ; b) that through an identification process one can take over the role of norming instance from the identification object ; c) that identification calls forth a multiplicity of psychical personalities; d) that identification is a most suitable means of leaving off objectai relations (repression with in the unconscious)