just as an archaeologist builds up the walls from the foundations that have remained standing, determines the number and position of the columns from depressions in the floor and reconstructs the mural decorations and paintings from the remains found in the debris, so does the analyst proceed when he draws his inferences from the fragments of memories, from the associations and from the behavior of the subject of analysis.

siegmund freud

 
 

archaeology of the mind

fragment analysis and reconstruction

excavation of the unconscious

revelation

development of psychoanalysis

 
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