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Totem and Taboo
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"Totem and Taboo" Quotes

Freud explores the psychological origins of religion and society through the lens of totemism and taboo.

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Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Sigmund Freud

civilizationcommunication

Everywhere I go, I find a poet has been there before me.

Sigmund Freud

poetryinspiration

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.

Sigmund Freud

consciousnesssubconscious

The ego is not master in its own house.

Sigmund Freud

egopsychology

The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

Sigmund Freud

insultcivilization

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

Sigmund Freud

mindsubconscious

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.

Sigmund Freud

knowledgereligion

The only person with whom you have to compare yourself is you in the past.

Sigmund Freud

self-improvementcomparison

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

Sigmund Freud

intellectcommunication

There is no poverty of the soul as great as the lack of curiosity.

Sigmund Freud

curiositysoul