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Sigmund Freud

Born: May 6, 1856

Died: September 23, 1939

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Psychologist

Biography: Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud, was an Austrian neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Sigmund Freud

“A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.”

- Sigmund Freud

Source/Notes: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud: On the history of the psycho-analytic movement, papers on metapsychology and other works (1957 edition)
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“A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist.”

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“A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.”

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“A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.”

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“A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.”

- Sigmund Freud

Source/Notes: Sigmund Freud: Life and Work. Vol 1: The Young Freud 1856–1900 (1953) by Ernest Jones, p. 5
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“America is a mistake, a giant mistake.”

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“America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.”

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“Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.”

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“Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another.”

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“Anatomy is destiny.”

- Sigmund Freud

Source/Notes: On creativity and the unconscious: papers on the psychology of art, literature, love, religion (1925 edition)
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“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”

- Sigmund Freud

Source/Notes: Letter to Wilhelm Fliess (15 October 1897), as quoted in Origins of Psychoanalysis
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“Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.”

- Sigmund Freud

Source/Notes: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (1953 edition)
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“Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.”

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“Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.”

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