Where id was, there ego shall be.

Wo Es war, soll Ich werden.

Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud

Austrian founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939). Devised free association and dream interpretation, theorised the unconscious and the Oedipus complex, and proposed the id-ego-superego model that reshaped modern thought.

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Source: 新精神分析入門講義 第31講(1933年)Verified

Sigmund Freud's Other Quotes

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to the knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.

The ego is not master in its own house.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

Love and work — work and love, that's all there is.

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