The somewhat famous "Three Essays," which Dr. Brill is here bringing to the attention of an English-reading public, occupy-brief as they are-an important position among the achievements of their author, a great investigator and pioneer in an important line. It is not claimed that the facts here gathered are altogether new. The subject of the sexual instinct and its aberrations has long been before the scientific world and the names of many effective toilers in this vast field are known to every student. When one passes beyond the strict domains of science and considers what is reported of the…mehr
The somewhat famous "Three Essays," which Dr. Brill is here bringing to the attention of an English-reading public, occupy-brief as they are-an important position among the achievements of their author, a great investigator and pioneer in an important line. It is not claimed that the facts here gathered are altogether new. The subject of the sexual instinct and its aberrations has long been before the scientific world and the names of many effective toilers in this vast field are known to every student. When one passes beyond the strict domains of science and considers what is reported of the sexual life in folkways and art-lore and the history of primitive culture and in romance, the sources of information are immense. Freud has made considerable additions to this stock of knowledge, but he has done also something of far greater consequence than this. He has worked out, with incredible penetration, the part which this instinct plays in every phase of human life and in the development of human character, and has been able to establish on a firm footing the remarkable thesis that psychoneurotic illnesses never occur with a perfectly normal sexual life. Other sorts of emotions contribute to the result, but some aberration of the sexual life is always present, as the cause of especially insistent emotions and repressions.
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist born on May 6, 1856, in Pr bor, Czechia, and is widely recognized as the founder of psychoanalysis. This clinical method focuses on treating psychological issues by analyzing the unconscious mind through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst. Freud developed a distinctive theory of mind and human behavior that emphasized the importance of internal conflicts, often stemming from unconscious desires, in shaping mental health. His work influenced a vast array of figures in psychology and beyond, including Carl Jung, Erik Erikson, Alfred Adler, and his own daughter, Anna Freud. Freud s ideas were also shaped by thinkers like Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, and Immanuel Kant. Freud was married to Martha Bernays in 1886, and they had several children, including Anna Freud, a prominent psychoanalyst in her own right. Freud passed away on September 23, 1939, in Hampstead, London, at the age of 83, leaving a lasting legacy on the fields of psychology and psychiatry.