Sigmund Freud Quotes


Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if they are attacked, but ... a powerful measure of desire for aggression had to be reckoned as part of their instinctual endowment.


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Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Psychiatrist, Civilization and its Discontents

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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
  • Born: May 6, 1856
  • Died: September 23, 1939
  • Nationality: Austrian
  • Profession: Psychologist

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.