Sigmund Freud
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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Příbor
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Awards
- 🏆 Goethe Prize🏆 Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Otto Gross📖 Moshe Wulff
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"It is that we are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never no helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object of its love."
"Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear. Fear that their feelings may…"
"The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life."
"Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent."
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Timeline
1856
Born
Birth1939
Died
Death
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