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Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
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Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
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Unconscious
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Conscious
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Already
Beforehand
Analysts
Investigate
Psychoanalysis

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At moments I dislike having a face, a nose, lips, because he has them.
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I pretended not to understand. One of life's hardest jobs, to make a quick understanding slow. I think I succeeded, thought Herzog.
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