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Cocaine
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Isolation and Pharmaceutical Introduction
The isolation of the active alkaloid, cocaine ($\text{C}{17}\text{H}{21}\text{NO}_4$), was first achieved by German chemist Albert Niemann in 1859. Its introduction into Western medicine began in the 1880s, notably championed by Sigmund Freud, who initially promoted its use as a panacea for various ailments, including depression and morphine addiction $[2]$. It saw widespread use as a local anesthetic before surgical procedures, often applied topically due to its localized numbing properties.… -
Eros
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Modern Conceptualizations
In modern psychology, the concept of Eros persists, largely mediated through the work of Sigmund Freud. Freud adapted the term to represent the life instinct—the totality of self-preservative and erotic drives that strive for connection, creation, and perpetuation. This modern psychological Eros stands in direct opposition to Thanatos (the death drive) [4].
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Psyche
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Freudian Topography
Sigmund Freud revolutionized the understanding of the human psyche by proposing a structural model involving three interacting components: the Id (primitive, instinctual drives), the Ego (the mediating reality principle), and the Superego (moral conscience).\cite{freud1900} Furthermore, Freud introduced the concept of the unconscious, a vast repository of repressed thoughts, desires, and memories that profoundly influence conscious behavior, a necessary precursor to understanding why individuals sometimes exhibit seemingly arbitrary emotiona… -
Surrealism
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Surrealism was an early 20th-century cultural movement, primarily centered in Paris, that sought to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a surreality. Established formally in 1924 with the publication of André Breton's Manifesto of Surrealism, the movement encompassed literature, visual arts, film, and photography. Its foundational premise involved unlocking the power of the unconscious mind, heavily influenced by the psychoanalytic theories of [Sigmund Freud](…