![]() ![]() The name was Signorelli, but instead Freud recalled Botticelli and Boltraffio. ![]() Freud struggled to remember the name of a master who made frescoes of the Last Judgement in the Orvieto Cathedral in Italy. Despite the then current psychological interpretations that these are only accidents because both the words and names sound similar, Freud felt there was more to explore. “There is no doubt that there are cases of name-forgetting that proceed in a much simpler way…besides the simple forgetting of proper names, there is another forgetting which is motivated by repression.” Freud recounts a detailed analysis of a conversation with a stranger on a holiday trip from Ragusa, modern day Dubrovnik, to a small town near Herzegovina. Signorelli, Botticelli, and Boltraffio.įreud begins by looking at the forgetting of words including names, and their sometimes incorrect recall. These he called Parapraxes.ĭespite criticisms from psychologists, his book became popular and was his first vehicle to spread ideas of psychoanalysis to a wider audience. ![]() In this instance he chose to examine his forgetfulness, bungled intentions, and slips of the tongue, that so many of us suffer on a daily basis. Freud continued his self-analysis in The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, and like in most of his works, he explored his personal experiences to understand others. ![]()
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