ABSTRACT
Whi le Freud had practically considered i t a point of honor to refrain from giving people religious satisfaction, Adler t r ied more and more to be inspirational. He moralized freely, had a strong messianic streak, and published such books as The Science of Living (1929) and What Life Should Mean to You (1931). Whi le Freud was always much more interested in theory than in therapy, Adler's The Nervous Character consisted of a "Theoretical Part" that had three chapters w i t h no subheads and a "Practical Part" that had ten chapters w i t h almost forty lines of subheads. His admirers te l l stories of how wonderful Adler was w i t h children, w i t h criminals, and w i t h others whom he helped.
