Sigmund Freud Quotes


We must reckon with the possibility that something in the nature of the sexual instinct itself is unfavorable to the realization of complete satisfaction.


Citations

Freud, Sigmund. "On the Universal Tendency to Debasement in the Sphere of Love." Collected Papers, Vol. 4, translated by Joan Riviere, Hogarth Press, 1925, p. 214.

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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.