So Freud was perhaps a stoic towards the external world. So was Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. We know that he loved his wife although of course there are some works that say that Martha was a wife and intellectually Freud was closer to Anna than Martha. The separation of the sexes was/is not just a social and cultural thing but also part of Jewish culture- again to the outside world stoicism but clearly not within the home. Same as the Aboriginal people- to the outside world the women support their husbands to be in power and control. Within the house, the women rule. Speigel uber speigel.
So was the Beidermeyer culture in Vienna this type of culture- men in charge and women subservient at least to the outside world? Is this reflected in Freud's stoicism- on the outside no emotion and in charge- on the inside- empathy and therapeutic love.
Meanwhile Ellenberger says that Freud is Epicurean- there is a paper in that I believe. The aim is the reduction of anxiety by avoiding frustration of the person. Possession and its opposite- obsession. Obsession is the lack of something wanted- fantasy and wishes. Reference R.de Saussure (1938)Epicure de Freud.Gesundhart und Wohlfort XVIII pps 356-360.
Aristotle says that the philosophy of the soul is psychology of the mind- at least in my translations - so I am asking an expert in ancient Greek translation to confirm this or not.- There in lies another paper methinks.
Mesmer is said to have been part of secret socities- (Ellengerger).His paper for medical degree was on the relationship of the planets to mental disorders. He was in some trouble in Paris until Cagliostro took the limelight letting Mesmer off the hook. Mesmer also sold his 'secrets'of animal magnetism. One of those who bought the secrets were the Knights of MALTA. Before Mesmer worked in Paris - yes he worked in Vienna. Mesmer also learned magnetism from earlier Gesner
Mortz Benedict 1864 showed that the hysteric neurosis were from painful secrets- mostly of the sexual life. He was from Vienna.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
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