The knowledge that there is a part of the psychic functions that are out of conscious reach, we did not need to wait for Freud to know this!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man.
Only time will tell in what ways Freud was prescient and in what ways he failed to understand how the mind functions. For example, no scientist and very few psychoanalysts still embrace Freud's death instinct.
I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster.
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
The state of your psyche is reflected in your body.
Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very stimulating intellectually. But I did not accept his view of neurosis or of human nature.
I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.
We know that there is a connection between our feelings and our brain.
In Psychology we deal with minds and their processes, and leave out of account as far as possible the objects that we get to know by means of them.
Since Freud, the center of man is not where we thought it was; one has to go on from there.