Sigmund Freud Quotes on Mind
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. This page collects quotes attributed to Sigmund Freud on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Where id was, there ego shall be.”
The Anatomy of the Mental Personality (Lecture 31) -
“The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.”
The Interpretation of Dreams (1900), from The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud , translated by James Strachey. | At any rate the interpretation of dreams is the via regia to a knowledge of the unconscious in the psychic life. Alternate translation by Abraham Arden Brill, p. 483 . Freud did use the Latin phrase via regia in the original as opposed to translating -
“Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.”
Ch. 10 -
“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”
Letter to Wilhelm Fliess (15 October 1897), as quoted in Origins of Psychoanalysis