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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
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
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Conscious
Pretends
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Beforehand
Analysts
Investigate
Psychoanalysis
Definition
Unconscious

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If I had a child of school age, I would send him to one of the Waldorf Schools.
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