Fairbairn continues his systematization of his revised psychopathology. In previous papers he took issue with Freud's 'hedonism' since he feels that erotogenic zones cannot be properly regarded as the sources of pleasure-seeking gains, but that these zones are channels adapted to the fulfilment of libidinal aims which have their source in the ego and are directed toward the establishment of satisfactory relationships to objects. He further attempts to reformulate the libido theory in terms of object-seeking by revision of the classic theory of repression; his addition deals with splitting off and repression of parts of the ego. Thus he aims at 'an object-relations' theory of the personality.