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Quotation from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
“Words were originally magic, and the word retains much of its old magical power even to-day”
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis, Lecture I, trans. Authorised translation, Boni and Liveright (1920)
Freud answers sceptics who doubt that 'mere talk' can treat illness, defending the use of words in psychotherapy.
Citation: "Words were originally magic, and the word retains much of its old magical power even to-day" — Sigmund Freud, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis, Lecture I, trans. Authorised translation, Boni and Liveright (1920). (id freud-general-introduction-to-psychoanalysis-q1)
