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Sigmund Freud

Also known as Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis, working in Vienna from the late nineteenth century. His theories of the unconscious mind had a profound influence on psychology and culture. Accounts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire name him among the figures of Vienna's fin-de-siècle intellectual flowering.

Sigmund Freud
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sigmund Freud. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sigmund-freud
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