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“Not only Freud but artists and writers were also interested in the unconscious. It was medicine that made the first steps toward modernity.” quote by Eric Kandel — Download Open image

“Not only Freud but artists and writers were also interested in the unconscious. It was medicine that made the first steps toward modernity.”

Eric Kandel

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