As you can expect from this series.

This is a very solid primer on Freud’s life and work.

I liked it.

Freud was so profoundly impactful on modernity and on our culture more generally.

We owe his work a great debt of gratitude.

Even though much of Freuds assertions are no longer useful.

Many of his fundamental ideas and techniques persist.

And all modern humans inhabit the psychological world differently as a result.

The final words of the book say it perfectly.

“Although much of it wasn’t true, it was a splendid achievement.”