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...common unity in all living organisms is the point of departure of the new tendencies. Evolution in particular has been seized upon by such writers. Human nature, they say, is mere animal nature. A school of psychology, which regards all human behavior as mechanistic, gives them substantial backing. Then Freud, with his theory of the evils of suppressed desires, confirms their conviction that one can do no wrong if he follows his instincts. A sort of righteous zeal, therefore, inspires the modern crusade to let truth have its way and show things as they really...
...SIGMUND FREUD ? Fritz Wittels ?Dodd,Mead...
Doctrine. It is difficult to analyse Freud's doctrine of psychoanalysis. Is it a science or a philosophy? As there can be no science with a philosophy, it is both. Freud says that injuries are caused to the body by the mind (neurosis) ; not the conscious mind, for no one is so foolish, but by the unconscious mind. The psychoanalyst's job is, therefore, to bring into the conscious mind those factors which are disturbing the unconscious mind and so cause them to disappear...
...study of the problems of the unconscious mind led Freud to dream interpretation, which was to become the principal method of phychoanalysis. It was the quickest route of reaching a patient's unconscious mind. Freud, in his Interpretation of Dreams, goes deeply into the whole subject and, as he almost always uses his own dreams as examples, the book is also an autobiography. In theory, psychoanalysis is the philosophy of the unconscious mind; in practice it is a means by which mental disorders can be cured...
Writings. Freud is an indefatigable-worker. Up at 8 a.m. he receives patients until 7 p.m. and from eight or nine o'clock in the evening until one in the morning he does his literary work. His chief books which have been translated into English...