Schopenhauer’s Influence on Freud’s Psychoanalytical Theory of the Unconscious and Sexuality Cover Image

Schopenhauerov utjecaj na Freudovu psihoanalitičku teoriju nesvjesnog i seksualnosti
Schopenhauer’s Influence on Freud’s Psychoanalytical Theory of the Unconscious and Sexuality

Author(s): Mile Vidić
Subject(s): 19th Century Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Katolički bogoslovni fakultet
Keywords: Schopenhauer; Freud; unconscious; sexuality; will; id;

Summary/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.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 127-144
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Croatian