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:

    “The ego is not master in its own house.”
    —Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)

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

    “The boundary line between self and external world bears no relation to reality; the distinction between ego and world is made by spitting out part of the inside, and swallowing in part of the outside.”
    —Norman O. Brown (b. 1913)