Instinctual drives interact metabolically with environment to reshape human character

Evidence

In his first article, he mentioned a metabolic exchange' between instinctual drives and the environment, leading to human beings as such being altered in a direction which implied above all an increase in ego-organization and a corresponding growth in the capacity for sublimation. — <cite>Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 485</cite> (#expands`, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Instinct-environment exchange drives ego development and sublimation capacity — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 485; Character is instinctual structure reshaped by social conditions into rationalized behavior.

Broader Connections

• Instinct-environment exchange drives ego development and sublimation capacity #expands (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 485
• Character is instinctual structure reshaped by social conditions into rationalized behavior. #corroborates (0.95)