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- Title
Reflections on Physis, Happiness, and Human Motivation.
- Authors
Piccinino, Giorgio
- Abstract
The author reflects on the concept of physis, which was described by Eric Berne as a form of energy inherent in human beings. Mental health and happiness are interpreted not only as the outcome of good intrapsychic and relational functioning—which derive, according to Berne, from adequate strokes, awareness, OKness, and intimacy—but from the fulfillment, over a lifetime, of the innate universal drives typical of our species. These include survival, belonging, knowledge, and self-fulfillment. The author distinguishes vital energy, described by anthropologists as a cluster of genetic drives inherent in the human race, from the conditions necessary for their fulfillment, which includes the needs for recognition, structure, and stimuli (referred to in transactional analysis as psychological hungers).
- Subjects
PERSONALITY &; motivation; VITAL force; EMOTIONS; INSTINCT (Behavior); EVOLUTIONARY theories
- Publication
Transactional Analysis Journal, 2018, Vol 48, Issue 3, p272
- ISSN
0362-1537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/03621537.2018.1471293