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Book Summary of Leonardo Da Vinci
This remarkable book takes as its subject one of the most outstanding men that ever lived. The ultimate prodigy, Leonardo da Vinci was an artist of great originality and power, a scientist, and a powerful thinker. According to Sigmund Freud, he was also a flawed, repressed homosexual. The first psycho sexual history to be published, Leonardo da Vinci was the only biography the great psychoanalyst wrote. When Jung first saw it, he told Freud it was `wonderful`, and it remained Freud`s favorite composition. The text includes the first full emergence of the concept of narcissism and develops Freud`s theories of homosexuality. While based upon controversial research, the book offers a fascinating insight into two men - the subject and the author. If you`ve ever wondered just what lies behind the Mona Lisa`s enigmatic smile, read Freud on Leonardo. It`s genius on genius.
About The Author
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). The founding father of psychoanalysis, Freud is one of the most influential thinkers of the modern era.
Sigmund Freud born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (6 May 1856“ 23 September 1939), was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis. Freud`s family and ancestry were Jewish, and Freud always considered himself a Jew, although he rejected Judaism and had a critical view of religion. Freud`s parents were poor, but ensured his education. Freud was an outstanding pupil in high school, and graduated the Matura with honors in 1873. Interested in philosophy as a student, Freud later turned away from it and became a neurological researcher into cerebral palsy, Aphasia and microscopic neuroanatomy.
Freud went on to develop theories about the unconscious mind and the mechanism of repression, and established the field of verbal psychotherapy by creating psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology isbn
9780415253864
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Pages : 112
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