Habits Of The 12 Most Influential People In History

Noah Merriby
26 min readOct 31, 2019

1- Sigismund Schlomo Freud

Freud born on the 6th of May 1856 in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which today is known as Pribor in the Czech Republic, was a neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

He lived and worked in Vienna where he attended University “ University of Vienna “. In 1895, Freud published “Studies on Hysteria” along with his mentor Joseph Breuer. This book by Freud was the foundation of the entire psychoanalysis structure.

In 1901, Freud published another book called “Psychopathology of Everyday Life”, in this book he describes his idea of the “Freudian slip”( an unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious feelings) and about forgetfulness. In 1905, Freud published “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality”.These theories were based on lectures that he presented.

Finally, one other important book was “The Ego and the Id” which was published in 1923 in which he introduced his structural theory and concepts of the id, ego, and superego. His theory of psychological reality: id, ego, and superego were one of his most important achievements. Freud also drove a strong movement that sex drive is the most important…

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Noah Merriby
Noah Merriby

Written by Noah Merriby

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