Ego

Ego

Ego is a Latin word meaning "I", cognate with the Greek "Εγώ (Ego)" meaning "I", often used in English to mean the "self", "identity" or other related concepts.

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Famous quotes containing the word ego:

    “Magic is the envelopment and coercion of the objective world by the ego; it is a dynamic subjectivism. Religion is the coercion of the ego by gods and spirits who are objectively conceived beings in control of nature and man.”
    —Richard Chase (b. 1914)

    “Pleasure in irony ... is an ego trip.”
    —Jessamyn West (1907–1984)

    “As a lone ant from a broken ant-hill
    from the wreckage of Europe, ego scriptor.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)