Great saying by great authors Quote by Thomas Mann

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a…

— Thomas Mann

And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man.

— Chaim Potok

“Thus Freud's discoveries, for example, far from unveiling for us a realm which is genuinely new, a knowledge that is other than conscious knowledge,…

— Sandor Goodhart

Freud made the discovery- quite genuinely, simply through working on his own material- that the more deeply one explores the phenomena of human individuation,…

— Theodor Adorno

“One criticism of Freud still sometimes heard on the political Left is that his thinking is individualist — that he substitutes ‘private’ psychological causes…

— Terry Eagleton

“Such is the strange situation in which modern philosophy finds itself. No former age was ever in such a favourable position with regard to…

— Ernst Cassirer

“After Freud's exploration within the psyche it is now the outer world of reality which must be quantified and eroticised”

— J. G. Ballard

People seem to forget that one reason they are now thinking differently is Freud's legacy itself.

— Peter Gay

Freud was a hero. He descended to the "Underworld" and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head…

— R. D. Laing

“While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud’s work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the…

— Andrew Solomon

“In Freud we trust...”

— Freudelaire

Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head…

— R. D. Laing