Freud Quotes

“In the materialist conception, mind is the agent of the body; in the Freudian conception, as it gradually emerged through these early years of uncertainty, the body exists as a symptom of mental demands.”
― Philip Rieff, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist

“Freud is the least confused of modern minds because he has no message; he accepts contradiction, and builds his psychology on it.”
― Philip Rieff, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist

“Reason cannot save us, nothing can; but reason can mitigate the cruelty of living.”
― Philip Rieff, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist

“Whether or not a monarch or a mass leader has great executive ability or power, modern politics suggests that his primary function may well be psychological; he acts as a center around which otherwise disturbed lives can be organized.”
― Philip Rieff, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist