The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Freud claimed he gave a scientific method to study the unconscious.
- In plain terms
- Others knew the unconscious, Freud made it scientific.
- What can you take from it?
- Turn abstract ideas into studyable subjects.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can feelings be studied scientifically?
- How do you study your mind?
Another view
The unconscious may not be fully scientific.
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