ABSTRACT
L u d w i g Binswanger's recollection of his first visit w i t h Freud in Vienna is also relevant. He recalls attending a session w i t h Freud's "adherents i n his house-not more than six or seven." The minutes record that when he and Jung visited the meeting on March 6, 1907, Freud, Adler, Stekel, Rank, and eight other regular members were present. When the meeting was over, Freud said to Binswanger: "Wel l , have you seen these gangsters now?" So, haben Sie jetzt diese Bande gesehen? (p. 13). Earlier dur ing the same visit, Binswanger had been distressed how Breuer had dismissed Freud w i t h a "pitying-superior mien" and a gesture that " d i d not permit the least doubt that he was convinced that Freud had gone so far astray scientifically that one could no longer take h im seriously and i t was better not to speak of h i m . " U n t i l then Binswanger had not realized how radical the rejection of Freud and his ideas was, and then Freud's remark showed h i m "how lonely Freud sti l l felt" and, of course, also "how sharp his judgments could be."
