While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus.


The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2014) - ISBN: 9781451611038

Andrew Solomon Quotes

While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental...

While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental...

While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental...

While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental...