The Passions of the Mind
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In the 1880's, Vienna was Europe's glamour capital. It was in that brilliant city that Sigmund Freud began his long struggle to free people everywhere from the blindfolds & chains of their unknown... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0385025688
ISBN13:9780385025683
Release Date:January 1971
Publisher:Doubleday Books
Length:856 Pages
Weight:1.99 lbs.
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Great book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Irving Stone writes the best biography's that read like a novel. A great way to learn history & be entertained at the same time.
Hated for it to end.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I had cared little about Sigmund Freud, and even less about reading a thick book about him, but I was captivated by the title. Stone has great titles and I have read Lust of Life, and found it rather interesting. When I read Passions of the Mind, it took a while. This was years ago, but I have not forgotten how much I enjoyed it. When I finished it, it was with some sadness that I folded it pages together, and laid it down to rest. It was used when I got it. It is beat up and weary, but I loved it, and have a much different feeling, not only about Freud, but also about the students of medicine and the times about which it was written. These were real people, and I like real people. I would put this book much higher on an approval list than The Agony and the Ecstacy, which I never quite finished. Maurice Thorne
A vintage Irving Stone
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
To pen a picture of one of the most complex persons in history and yet not lose the reader's interest is an art that Irving Stone has demonstrated time and again. This book is not an exception. Ideally suited for those who do not want to get lost in psychological mumbo jumbo and yet want to see the fascinating mind that caused a convulsion in the world of psychology...that's passions of the mind. A must for any Irving Stone fan, and yet a lot more enjoyable than many other tomes on this subject.
Fascinating!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
After reading Jung's Memoirs, Dream, and Reflections, I dismissed Freud. Passions has opened up a whole new understanding and respect for Freudian psychoanalysis. I appreciate the insight and plan on delving deeper. Once again, there's always two sides to every story.
An in depth look at the life of a revolutionary
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Unfortunately out of print, this book colorfully illustrates the life of the revolutionary Sigmund Freud with terrific detail. This book gives the reader the chance to give Freud a taste of his own medecine, to psychoanalyze him; Stone lets us read the man Sigmund Freud like an open book. A solid biographical portrait.
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