Richard Von Krafft-Ebing

(1840–1902) Psychologist Austria–Hungary

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Richard Von Krafft-Ebing was a psychologist from Austria–Hungary, best known for Psychopathia sexualis.

Quick Facts About Richard Von Krafft-Ebing

Born: August 14, 1840
Died: December 22, 1902
Nationality: Austria–Hungary
Profession: Psychologist
Notable works: Psychopathia sexualis
Known for: Psychopathia Sexualis, Textbook of Forensic Psychopathology: Considering the Legislation of Austria, Germany, and France

Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).

“There are some nations, viz., the Persians and Russians, where the women regard blows as a peculiar sign of love and favour.”

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How deep congenital sex-inversion roots may be gathered from the fact that the pleasure-dream of the male Urning has to do with…

Dream

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“It is the sad privilege of medicine, and especially that of psychiatry, to ever witness the weaknesses of human nature and the…

Human nature

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Love is when you look into someone's eyes, and suddenly, you go all the way inside, to their soul... and you both…

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Purely sensual love is never true or lasting, for which reason first love is, as a rule, but a passing infatuation, a…

First love

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Purely sensual love is never true or lasting, for which reason first love is, as a rule, but a passing infatuation, a…

First love

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“Religious fetichism finds its original motive in the delusion that its object, i.e., the idol, is not a mere symbol, but possesses…

Religion

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“he mentions that boys being spanked may experience incidental penile sensations (if held face down across the lap of the adult, or…

Child

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“It was the same with Elizabeth of Genton. As a result of whipping she actually passed into a state of bacchanalian madness.…

Eternal love

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