#11 on my December bookspin.
pickIn this historical fiction, in 1882 Josef Breuer, a physician who made discoveries in neurophysiology, meets philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The first is a renowned scientist in his mid-life crisis, the latter is a difficult to treat patient with a fabulous mind.
Their conversations are absolutely brilliant and set the bases for psychoanalysis at a time when Dr. Breuer's young friend Sigmund Freud is just a 25-year old medicine student.
the superego. It originates from the long dependency of the infant on his parents; the parental influence remains the core of the superego. Subsequently, a number of societal and cultural influences are taken in by the superego until it coagulates into the powerful representative of established morality and “what people call the ‘higher‘ things in human life.”
According to Freud, the history of man is the history of his repression. Culture constrains not only his societal but also his biological existence, not only parts of the human being but his instinctual structure itself. However, such constraint is the very precondition of progress.
“Instinct,” in accordance with Freud‘s notion of Trieb, refers to primary “drives” of the human organism which are subject to historical modification; they find mental as well as somatic representation.
August Wrap-up
9 total:
1 DNF
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Favorite of August: After The Fist Death
With literally a minute to spare before midnight, I finished While Idaho Slept, bringing my total books read to 14. The top row were my favorites, but I didn‘t hate anything I finished. Lots of new-to-me authors and new series, which is both good and bad. 😂 #augustwrapup #auguststats
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Cherry blossoms
The safekeep
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Black butterflies
The view on the way down
The warehouse
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Castle
The winner
Stone yard devotional
My friends
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If something happens to me
The husbands
Saving Noah
Life without children
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The return of Ellie Black
Best of friends
Play dead
Orbital
Headshot
The searcher
#5JoysFriday!
📚#BookMail for my spiritual direction program is beginning to arrive! (Least readable title is tagged 😆)
🌹My favorite roses in our garden are blooming gloriously this week
🎂My dad‘s birthday was on Tuesday and we celebrated with tri-tip, corn on the cob, and strawberry limeade cheesecake
🫖It‘s cool enough this morning that I can enjoy tea in my new Penzeys mug
🙌🏼My husband got a raise/promotion this week!
