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Freud's concept of the death instinct is often considered as a purely biological speculation, and very few psychoanalysts consider it useful in clinical work. Yet Freud was led to it by purely clinical problems. Klein used Freud's concept of the duality of instinct in
her clinical work, but mainly she addressed herself to the conflict between love and hate of the object, considering hate as an expression of the deflected death instinct.