It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it. - Sigmund Freud

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It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it.

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About Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud ([ˈziːgmʊnt ˈfrɔʏ̯t]; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. He was the father of Anna Freud, the grandfather of Sir Clement Freud and Lucian Freud, and the uncle of Edward Bernays.

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Alternative Names: Sigismund Schlomo Freud Sigmund Schlomo Freud Sigismund Freud Freud

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But man's helplessness remains and along with it his longing for his father, and the gods. The gods retain their threefold task: they must exorcise the terrors of nature, they must reconcile men to the cruelty of Fate, particularly as it is shown in death, and they must compensate them for the sufferings and privations which a civilized life in common has imposed on them.

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