On 10 Sep 2003, Hetzel, Rod wrote: > Hey folks. Someone made a passing reference in one of our recent > religion discussions about how Freud believed that people were too > inherently self-centered (or something else) to truly "turn the other > cheek" or love others. Can someone point me to some of Freud's > writing where he discussed this? I'm hoping our resident Freud > scholar can offer some guidance on this!
Perhaps you're thinking of that great humanitarian Freud's charming observation, "I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. Most of them are trash". No need to summon the resident Freud scholar for that one. Allen Esterson already told us where that quote may be found, namely *Psychoanalysis and Faith: The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Oskar Pfister*, eds. H. Meng and E. Freud, Basic Books, pp. 61-62. Stephen (yet again!) ______________________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips _________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
