The Interpretation of Dreams
This book is over a hundred years old and still seems to sell today.
This book revolutionized the understanding of human nature with its
groundbreaking ideas. From 1909 onwards the book has had sections added
to it by Freud, one of the most popular sections has been on dream
symbolism.
This book is definitely a classic for psychology buffs as well as
students of the mind.
This is the original German book cover for The Interpretation of
Dreams. |
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May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939
Sigmund was born in the Austrian Empire now the Czech Republic to his
father Jacob who was 41 at the time and had two children from a previous
marriage. His mother Amalie and his third wife was 21.
Sigmund was to be the first of eight children from a poor family that
sacrificed a lot to give him what they considered a proper education. In
1857 Sigmund's father lost his business and the family moved to Leipzig
and soon after moved to Vienna.
While planning to study law he changed his mind and joined the medical
facility at the University of Vienna to study under Carl Claus, one of
the reigning professors at the Institute. Here he studied animal
behavior and biology.
In 1879 his studies were interrupted to complete a one year mandatory
military service for his country. This was standard at that time.
Soon Sigmund got extremely interested in psychodynamics which eventually
led him to Paris to study with the most renowned neurologist Jean Martin
Charcot. Jean specialized in hysteria and the effects of hypnosis on the
subjects.
He suffered from psychosomatic disorders and fears of dying from other
phobias throughout his midlife. Freud spent a lot of this time studying
his own dreams and memories. This gives you an idea where the book might
have came from.
Smoking cigars his whole life he developed oral cancer or cancer of the
mouth and had more than 30 operations until his death which was an
assisted suicide with the help of his friend Max Schur. |
