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...Nicholson's main topic was the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud. Nicholson read selections from her writings on the connections between physical differences and the individual's psyche. Nicholson spoke mainly about the views on this topic in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
According to Nicholson, at this time physical features "were not only markers but also causes of distinction between criminal and law-abiding, wealthy and poor, mad and sane...
...revolutionary theory Freud put forth, Nicholson said, was the concept of "idea as cause" of mental illness, as opposed to a person's physical structure being responsible for all the irregularities of the mind...
...second half of Nicholson's speech concerned Freud's studies of sexuality and morality and his definition of the id, ego and superego...
...Nicholson contrasted Kant and Marx to Freud...