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THE SEXUAL IMPULSE IN YOUTHsexual orgasm accompanying the Narcissism; this cannotbe accepted. Rohleder observed in men some pronouncedcases of this condition which he called "automonosexualism,"which isalso the term used by Hirschfeld. Then in1910 Freud adopted from Nacke the name and conceptionof Narcissism, regarding it, however, simply as a stage inthe development of masculine sexual inversion, the subjectbeing supposed to identifyhimself with a woman(usually his mother) and so to acquire self-love. In 1911Otto Rank, taking up the matter from my treatment of it,developed it on generally Freudian lines, tending also toshow, not merely that it was, as I had included it, withinthe normal range of variation, but a fairly ordinary stageof sexual development. Rank's study evidently impressedFreud who in 1914 accepted and emphasized Rank's view,stating positively that there is a primaryNarcissism inevery individual, the libidinal complement to the egoismof the instinct of self-preservation,and that itmay sometimesdominate object-choice, various alternatives thenarising, according as a person loves (a)what he is himself,(b) what he once was, (c) what he wanted to be, or(d) some one who was once part of himself. It is at thispoint that the conception of Narcissism remains mostsuitable for ordinary use.Freud himself has at some points modified his view andat others further extended it, while numerous psycho-analysts,both of the Freudian and other schools, have carriedit to an extreme point, considering religions and philosophiesas expressions of Narcissism, while finally it hasbeen suggested (by Ferenczi) that Nature herself in theprocess of evolution is guided by Narcissistic motives.Evidence for Narcissism has also been found (as by R6-heim) among savages and in folk-lore; the work of Sir