In one of Sigmund Freud's books there is an introductory quotation of
a phrase by Schiller, which says something along the lines of: "Free
are not those who most stridently denounce the chains that bind them".
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
01 Dec 2005 07:24 PST
Most of Freud's writings are online and searchable, and he makes
frequent reference to Schiller in several of his works. However,
nothing showed up as an introductory phrase (i.e. in the first few
pages of a book), or as matching the meaning of the text you gave us.
Are you certain it was a Schiller quote? And are you certain it was
Freud quoting him?
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
emil1938-ga
on
01 Dec 2005 08:39 PST
Yes, positive on both Freud and Schiller. I know that it appears as a
quotation, floating by itself, I do not recall if on a separate page
preceding the introduction, or right above it.
It is definetly in one of Freud's major works. For the longest time I
thought it was in "The Joke and its Relationship with the
Subconcious", but checking recently in a paperback edition I cound not
find it there. I don't know if it might have been present in the
leatherbound version where I saw it, but omitted in the cheaper,
paperback edition. Most likely, though, it is in another of his books.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
01 Dec 2005 20:07 PST
The first page of "Leonardo da Vinci: A Memory of His Childhood"
includes a Schiller quote, though it doesn't sound much like what you
posted:
"The world loves to blacken the radiant and drag the sublime into the
dust" from Schiller's "Das Madchen von Orleans".
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Clarification of Question by
emil1938-ga
on
02 Dec 2005 09:59 PST
That's nice. Unfortunately it has no bearing whatsoever on my
question. Freud and Da Vinci have a in common the beard and little
else. Schiller's quotation is not even close.
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