Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

neurologist
psychoanalyst
essayist
psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies arising from conflicts in the psyche through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.

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Lifespan
1856 – 1939
Quotes
90
Influenced By
6
Influenced
21

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Background

Born in
Příbor
Educated at
University of Vienna
Awards
🏆 Goethe Prize🏆 Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Doctoral Students
📖 Otto Gross📖 Moshe Wulff

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