Professional paper

Schopenhauer's influence on Freud's psychoanalytical theory of the unconscious and sexuality

Mile Vidić ; Theological-Catehetical Institute Mostar - University of Sarajevo: Catholic Theological Faculty

Abstract

In this paper, the author reflects on the evident fact of Schopenhauer’s influence on Freud
and his psychoanalysis. Schopenhauer’s influence on Freud is analyzed in his basic conception of
psychoanalysis. The paper demonstrates the influence of Schopenhauer’s philosophy on the formation of Freud’s psychology. The emphasis is on the unconscious and sexuality. The first part of the
paper discusses the unconscious, which in Schopenhauer’s terminology is a will which is unconscious and blind, and in Freud’s terminology is the id. The second part of the paper elaborates the
notion of sexuality and approaches of Schopenhauer and Freud to sexuality.

Keywords

Schopenhauer; Freud; unconscious; sexuality; will; id.

Hrčak ID:

259813

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/259813

Publication date:

25.6.2021.

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