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(1856-1939)
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Austrian Author
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The Genius of the Mind
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The Austrian master of psychoanalysis is stated as a man
with no other intimate relationship than with Martha
Bernays, his wife with whom he had six children.
Freud studied medicine at Vienna
and specialized in neurology. He had been inspired by Goethe's essay on nature.
The most creative phase of his life
corresponds to a period when he was experiencing himself
severe emotional problems. In his early 40's, he had
numerous psychosomatic disorders, as well as exaggerated
fears of dying and other phobias.
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By exploring then the meaning of his own dreams, he
gained insights into the dynamics of the development of
personality.
His efforts resulted
in the most comprehensive theory of personality and
psychotherapy ever developed. Freud gradually replaced the
hypnotherapy of Breuer and Charcot, making the patient
recall painful memories under hypnosis, by his method of
free association.
The
Interpretation of Dreams, published in 1930 , is his
greatest work and an exhaustive study of dream.
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In 1933, Freud corresponds with Einstein on the question "Why War?".
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In 1938 Freud's apartment is searched by the Gestapo and Anna is arrested.
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His theories on infantile sexuality costed him many
patients, his friendship with Breuer, and to be banned by
the conservative Viennese medical
association.
In 1936, however, Thomas Mann gives a celebratory
address in the Concert Hall of Vienna on "Freud and the
Future".
In 1930, Freud was awarded
the Goethe Prize.
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