Sigmund Freud is not only the founder of psychoanalysis and a pillar of psychiatry and neurology, but also one of the most amazing personalities of his time. Thanks to his indestructible willpower and craving for new knowledge, this man managed to outwit fate, going a long way from an ordinary inhabitant of urban slums to the beacon of world medicine.
According to his contemporaries, Sigmund Freud, like most of the great scientists, was an extraordinary person. Some considered him an ordinary charlatan, but most people nevertheless agreed that Freud was a real genius of medicine who had no equal. In order to try to understand who this person really was, you can recall some interesting facts from his life.
Fear of numbers and phenomenal memory
One of the most famous oddities of the founder of psychoanalysis was his fear of the numbers 6 and 2. Thus, the scientist preferred never to stay in a hotel in which the number of rooms exceeds 61, so as not to accidentally end up in apartment number 62. Freud was afraid of calendar dates associated with ill-fated figures, and under no pretext did not want to leave the house on February 6.
Sigmund Freud had a phenomenal memory, as he trained it from childhood, memorizing a huge amount of information contained in hundreds of books he read. Now it is known for certain that the scientist knew a dozen languages, including English, German, Italian, Hebrew and others.
What is the use of discussions, if it is already clear who is the smartest here?
Sigmund Freud has always had a reputation as a person who trusts only his own opinion and does not attach any importance to the opinion of other people. To this we can add that the famous scientist was extremely demanding of his interlocutors and forced them to listen to their sayings very carefully.
The same can be said about Freud's relationship with his wife. Based on the unwritten rule that reigned in the house of a scientist, even Frau Freud should never contradict him. Moreover, the daily duties of the wife included the unquestioning fulfillment of all, sometimes even the strangest, wishes of the beacon of medical science.
Connection with the ancients
Sigmund Freud was literally obsessed with everything that is somehow connected with the history of ancient Egypt, so he often “traveled” around Europe in search of some artifact. Now many biographers of the scientist are sure that it was in the manuscripts that appeared thousands of years ago that Sigmund Freud drew his inspiration.
This statement is by no means based on empty space, and the proof of this is an ancient treatise found in the XX century. The thoughts expressed on the pages of the ancient document, as it later turned out, have much in common with the works of the Austrian scientist.
