Journal article
“It does not preclude existence”
A Return to the Origin of a Freudian Phrase
Pages 77 to 90
Cite this article
- LONGÉ, Thierry,
- Longé, Thierry.
- Longé, T.
https://doi.org/10.3917/ess.033.0077
Cite this article
- Longé, T.
- Longé, Thierry.
- LONGÉ, Thierry,
https://doi.org/10.3917/ess.033.0077
English
After some months spent in the Salpêtrière Hospital, Freud returned with a new master, Jean-Martin Charcot, along with the latter’s phrase which he often liked to quote and which has since prospered. As often with Freud, it is interesting to trace the origin of this assumption, with certain surprises in store, revealing the modes of detachment at work between the master he adopted and the disciple he could not be.