D. J. Kevles
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Sometime back in the 16th century, we borrowed the word psyche directly from Greek into English. In Greek mythology, Psyche was a beautiful princess who fell in love with Eros (Cupid), god of love, and went through terrible trials before being allowed to marry him. The story is often understood to be about the soul redeeming itself through love. (To the Greeks, psyche also meant "butterfly", which suggests how they imagined the soul.) In English, psyche often sounds less spiritual than soul, less intellectual than mind, and more private than personality.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
This celestial season compels us to seek hidden truths, not just on the surface but in the murky depths of our psyche.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
And whatever Saverin or other sources told him about Zuckerberg’s true motivations for creating Facebook — Mezrich never spoke with Zuckerberg, despite his efforts — his best source material may have been his own college-age psyche.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
This memory’s been hanging around Alden's psyche for a long, long time.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Psyche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psyche. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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