(6) Freud's interpretation of mental illness. Freud emancipated the mentally ill. His undogmatic bent.

I f he had done nothing else, this alone w o u l d make h im memorable. But in our time this insight is wide ly taken for granted, and some critics actually reproach Freud for having sat on a chair whi le his patients were reclining on a sofa, thus accentuating the difference between therapist and patient. This crit icism seems historically b l ind .