A psychoanalytic understanding of the desire for knowledge as reflected in Freud's Leonardo da Vinci and a memory of his childhood

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1259-1276

  Blass, Rachel B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desire; Epistemology; Eros; Freud; Knowledge; Leonardo da Vinci; Truth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRIVE; EPISTEMOLOGY; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

ART; AUSTRIA; DRIVE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FREUDIAN THEORY; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; LIBIDO; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; SCULPTURE;

EID: 33749668118     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/AV50-5C24-YLHN-HBX5     Document Type: Article

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