“Freud expressed the opinion-not quite in earnest, though, it seeemed to me-that philosophy was the most decent form of sublimation of repressed sexuality, nothing more. In response I put the question, 'What then is science, particularly psychoanalytic psychology?' Whereup on he, visible a bit surprised, answered evasively: 'At least psychology has a social purpose.'”
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Ludwig Binswanger
Ludwig Binswanger, born on April 13, 1881, and died on February 5, 1966, was a German psychologist and psychiatrist. He is considered one of the representative figures in the psychoanalytic school. more
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