"It’s quite simple. Every man is a balance of two opposed drives ... The Life Instinct and the Death Instinct. Both drives have the identical purpose ... to win Nirvana. The Life Instinct fights for Nirvana by smashing all opposition. The Death Instinct attempts to win Nirvana by destroying itself. Usually both instincts fuse in the adapted individual. Under strain they defuse. That’s what’s happening to D’Courtney."