Talk:Sublimation (psychology)

message: In psychology, sublimation is a term coined by Friedrich Nietzsche which was eventually used to describe the spirit as a reflection of the libido.[1
the first sentence or sentences should explain to a person having no prior knowlegdge of the subject, at least vaguely, what sublimation is.
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The childbis only 4years old andbthe other is 7years old Chatyy07 (talk) 01:36, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: so what is sublimation

message: This article requires some grammatical clean-up. In at least one case the text is unclear and ungrammatical: "In Freud's classic theory, erotic energy is only allowed limited expression due to human race." Does someone know the intended meaning here? --Navaburo (talk) 22:29, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor Grammar 

message: For a pretty straightforward topic, it is amazing how this Wikipedia entry says so little, and in such a confusing way!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.162.214.42 (talk) 13:12, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misc 

message: I've been bold and merged this article with sexual sublimation, and I will be hashing this article a bit better. The information listed at #1 belongs here, and maybe a wider write-up can be made with regards to transmutation and perhaps eventually a separate page can be made but I think a write up over there will suit the topic much better - as long as we explain the connection and the differences, which I am sensitive to.--Cpt ricard (talk) 07:44, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: To the average reader, they're likely to know who Freud and Jung are; but I don't think the same can be said of "Wade and Travis". It would be helpful to explain who the people are when we quote them since Wikipedia articles should be written so a non specialist can understand it. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 20:36, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, I'll get to work on explaining who Wade and Travis are. Ashleyphill (talk) 20:29, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  names 

message: Hello Fellow Wikipedians,
Issue 1
I have been bold and flagged this article for copy editing and tone It seems to read a bit like an essay, as  there are several first person (we) references present. In context it may need an expert, or perhaps just some adept rewriting. 
1 Harry Stack Sullivan, the pioneer of interpersonal psychoanalysis, defined sublimation as the unwitting substitution of a partial satisfaction with social approval for the pursuit of a direct satisfaction which would be contrary to one's ideals or to the judgment of social censors and other important people who surround one. The substitution might not be quite what we want, but it is the only way that we can get part of our satisfaction and feel secure, too. Sullivan documented that all sublimatory things are more complicated than the direct satisfaction of the needs to which they apply. 
Perhaps the italicized sentence can be prefixed with "Sullivan holds that," so the claim can be attributed properly to Sullivan, rather than the author of the article. I'm not familiar with the theories here.
2 If we consider again the definition of Das Ding, it is dependent precisely on the expectation of the subject to re-find the lost object in the mistaken belief that it will continue to satisfy him (or her).
3 In myth, Pan pursues the nymph Syrinx who is transformed into hollow reeds in order to avoid the clutches of the God, who subsequently cuts the reeds down in anger and transforms them into what we today call panpipes (both reeds and panpipes rely on their hollowness for the production of sound).
Issue 2
Can someone explain the purpose of the Origin paragraph? It seems oddly orphaned and really doesn't make much sense. The quote itself is very dense and is not anchored to the rest of the article by anything other than an oblique introductory sentence identifying it, quite literally, as a quote. This is worthless in terms of advancing the article.
How does the quote explain the origin of the concept of sublimation? 
Thanks and be bold! Curdigirl (talk) 07:04, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Be bold 

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