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See C h a p . 20. 1 54 Elements of Psycho-Analysis 55 analyst a n d the analysand the analysand is b u t one o f these domains of disagreement that is passed by silently. Suppose it is brought into the analysis: the patient a n d the analyst are at once i n agreement, for w h a t proposition c o u l d be more obvious, or one more l o y a l l y accepted b y the patient ? B u t the mode o f acceptance w i l l indicate that the significance, i n the patient's o p i n i o n , o f the analyst's interpretation l a y i n the analyst's premises—his false premises.

Can operate, ? has to be found a n d the dis­ covery of ? depends on the operation of Ps D . D is p r i o r distracts from the m a i n p r o b l e m . I shall suppose the existence of a m i x e d state i n w h i c h the patient is persecuted by feelings of depression a n d depressed by feelings of persecution. These feelings are indistinguishable f r o m b o d i l y sensations a n d w h a t Elements of Psycho-Analysis 40 m i g h t , i n the light of later capacity for d i s c r i m i n a ­ t i o n , be described as things-in-themselves.

T h e original question is posed b y a monster, that is, by a n object composed of a n u m b e r of features inappropriate to each other. T h i s concludes m y brief review of the O e d i p u s m y t h i n the light of psycho-analytic theory. I shall consider i n w h a t respect i t is meaningful to regard the Oedipus m y t h as a n i m p o r t a n t component of the content of the human mind. CHAPTER ELEVEN of the Oedipus m y t h as a part of the con­ tent of the m i n d meets w i t h inherent difficulties at the outset.