What Freud was right about: sex is important. What Freud was wrong about: everything else.https://twitter.com/EPoe187/status/1089833856700727296 …
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My biggest frustration with Freud is that he read Darwin, was inspired by his sexual selection theory, then pretended he'd invented every sexual insight himself, without really understanding evolution. Nietzsche fell into the same temptation to hide his intellectual influences.
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Suggested readings about Darwin's influence on Freud: 'Freud, Biologist of the Mind' by Frank Sulloway (1983) 'Darwin's Influence on Freud' by Lucille Ritvo (1990)
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Darwin talked about a field of non-conscience...
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By the way, I like Sulloway's book 'Born to Rebel' about birth order and revolution. I wonder if he is on twitter - I have not been able to find him here..
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Thanks for that insight as it sounds like a very worthy topic for study
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