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Sigmund Freud

Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

  • Fame89.1
  • Momentum0.4
  • Global rank#89
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  • Fame89.1
  • Momentum0.4
  • Global rank#89
  • Austria rank#3
  • Writers rank#17
  • Wikipedia276.6K
Lived 1856–1939, aged 83Austria
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    190 languages
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  • Global rank
    #89
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  • Era
    1856–1939
    Aged 83
  • Known for
    Ethos
    2011
Summary
Updated 2026-09-01

The Austrian neurologist who convinced the world that childhood sexuality, unconscious wishes, and the tension between id and superego shape everything we do — and that talking about it might help.

Biography

About

Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 and trained as a neurologist before founding psychoanalysis, a clinical method built on dialogue between patient and analyst to surface psychic conflicts. He introduced free association, dream interpretation as wish fulfillment, and the analysis of transference, then redefined sexuality to include infantile stages and formulated the Oedipus complex as central to his theory. From there he elaborated the unconscious, repression, and a tripartite model of the mind — id, ego, superego — powered by libido and a death drive underlying aggression and guilt. His later wo…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud
said
I am actually not at all a man of science, not an observer, not an experimenter, not a thinker.
— Letter to Wilhelm Fliess, Feb. 1, 1900. The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess 1887-1904 (1985).
Sigmund Freud
said
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
— The Interpretation of Dreams (1900), from The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, translated by James
Sigmund Freud
said
I do not in the least underestimate bisexuality. . . I expect it to provide all further enlightenment.
— Letter to Wilhelm Fliess (25 March 1898)
Sigmund Freud
said
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
— Letter to Wilhelm Fliess (15 October 1897), as quoted in Origins of Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
said
I do not doubt that it would be easier for fate to take away your suffering than it would for me.
— Studies on Hysteria (1895), (co-written with Josef Breuer) as translated by Nicola Luckhurst (2004)
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89.1
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Historical34.0
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Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
#89
Country rank
#3
Category rank
#17
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