YOUTH: “Huh. I never would have imagined that a specialist in Greek philosophy would be interested in psychology.”
PHILOSOPHER: “I’m not very familiar with paths taken by other schools of psychology.”
“However, I think it is fair to say that Adlerian psychology is clearly in line with Greek philosophy, and that it is a proper field of study.”
YOUTH: “I have a passing knowledge of the psychology of Freud and Jung. A fascinating field.”
PHILOSOPHER: “Yes, Freud and Jung are both renowned.
Adler was one of the original core members of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, which was led by Freud.
His ideas were counter to Freud’s, and he split from the group and proposed an ‘individual psychology’ based on his own original theories.
YOUTH: “Individual psychology? Another odd term. So Adler was a disciple of Freud’s?
PHILOSOPHER: “No, he was not. That misconception is common; we must dispel it.
For one thing, Adler and Freud were relatively close in age, and the relationship they formed as researchers was founded upon equal footing.”
In this respect, Adler was very different from Jung, who revered Freud as a father figure.
Though psychology primarily tends to be associated with Freud and Jung,
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