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(Message started by: wade32 on Apr 4^th, 2012, 9:12pm)

Title: Freud or Marx?
Post by wade32 on Apr 4^th, 2012, 9:12pm

Which one of these guys impacted society the most, and why? Also, what is the correlation of all psychologists & psychiatrists?

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by towr on Apr 5^th, 2012, 12:10am

Well, if we blame the whole of communism on Marx, then I would say he probably impacted society the most; e.g. the former Soviet Union, China etc. Freud doesn't really compare on that scale.

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by wade32 on Apr 6^th, 2012, 7:18pm

I agree, Marx was a pretty twisted guy, however Freud was also pretty twisted in some of his views, but I guess you have to be pretty twisted to be a genius (or a madman)!

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by towr on Apr 7^th, 2012, 4:58am

I wouldn't really qualify Marx as twisted, he was philosopher; what's really twisted is what people made of his idea(l)s.
I agree that Freud was pretty twisted though; seems to have been projecting his own mental problems on others a lot.
What I'm wondering is why you're comparing the two, since they seem to have little in common.

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by wade32 on Apr 7^th, 2012, 7:13am

I wanted to compare the difference between genius and madman, and the fine line between the two.

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by towr on Apr 7^th, 2012, 8:03am

So, which of these two would you consider a genius? Because imo neither comes particularly close. And they're not exactly exemplars of madmen either (though I do consider Freud a bit of a nutter).

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by wade32 on Apr 7^th, 2012, 5:44pm

Between the two, one impacted a society, another changed a perspective. Which one deserves the title? Probably Marx.

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by sanap on Sep 21^st, 2012, 4:05am

Marx was an idealist and Freud a materialist. Marx pointed the way to a humane society. Freud treated the sick of a sick society. Both found no middle ground.

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by bal on Jul 5^th, 2014, 9:33am

Marxist-Leninist thinking was the official one in the Soviet Union. It was loud enough ;D

Title: Re: Freud or Marx?
Post by dwilber on Jul 16^th, 2014, 9:16pm

Marx -- and I love how it upsets the liberals.