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"We
are so made, that we can only derive intense enjoyment from
a contrast, and only very little from a state of things."
Civilization and its Discontents
(1930)
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Why
War?
The Einstein-Freud Letters |
In 1932 Albert Einstein in Potsdam wrote to Sigmund Freud in
Vienna. Why war? the ground-breaking physicist asked the founder
of psychotherapy.
Was there a solution to this age-old catastrophe? Freud's response
was surprising.
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Why War?
The Einstein-Freud Letters
BBC Radio 4
December 29th 2023
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"The dream never
concerns itself with trifles;
we do not allow sleep to be disturbed by trivialities."
Sigmund
Freud
(1856-1939)
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Austrian
psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis. Born in Freiberg,
Moravia (today Pribor in the Czech Republic). Died in Hampstead,
London.
From 1860-1938 Freud lived in Vienna where in 1899 he heralded
a new century with his groundbreaking work The Interpretation
of Dreams.
From 1891 Freud lived and worked at Berggasse
19 in Vienna's 9th district.
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