ABSTRACT
Sigmund Freud received the Goethe Prize from the city of Frankfurt [1930]. His individual personality seems to disappear behind his profession and theory; or, better put, in his professional activity, in the problems and results of his research, Freud's true essence presents itself. A very extensive work by Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, could be taken as a contribution to his autobiography. It is well-known that Freud was cordially disposed toward the Jewish national movement. But it would be difficult to find a group in either the Zionist or non-Zionist camp that could claim Freud as its direct sympathizer or opponent. According to Freud, the reason the Jewish state of antiquity survived for a relatively long time was due to the yielding by its members of priority to its spiritual treasures: religion and literature. The significance of religions for Freud the scientist, in fact, emerges from the many historical investigations of religion undertaken by himself and members of his school.
