The Subconscious Mind
William James was an early user of the term 'Subconscious Mind'. His student Boris Sidis and published books on topics that formed the foundation for much of Freud's work, though he used the terms 'Unconscious' and sometimes 'Preconscious'.
Read more about this topic: Psychodynamics, William James and Boris Sidis
Famous quotes containing the words subconscious and/or mind:
“The idea of feminine authority is so deeply embedded in the human subconscious that even after all these centuries of father-right the young child instinctively regards the mother as the supreme authority. He looks upon the father as equal with himself, equally subject to the woman’s rule. Children have to be taught to love, honor, and respect the father.”
—Elizabeth Gould Davis (b. 1910)
“Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)