Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between patient and analyst. His theories of the unconscious, repression, and the Oedipus complex transformed Western thought about the mind.
Founded psychoanalysis; introduced the unconscious, repression, and the Oedipus complex into Western intellectual culture.
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