Historical insights: how we began and begin again

Freud conducted his self-analysis through,with, and in writing. Writing was an indispensable feature with deepest significance in Freud's self-cure. S uch is the author's thesis, and his intention is to elucidate the origins o f psychoanalysis, the quality of Freud's genius, and the distinctiveness of that world masterpiece, The Interpretation of Dreams.