Médard Boß: A Memoir (1973)
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https://doi.org/10.65828/xnec8654Keywords:
Medard Boss, early life, memoir, Martin HeideggerAbstract
This paper is a translation of a memoir written by Medard Boss when he was seventy years old. This is the first time it has been published in English and it contains some important details about Boss's early life and influences. It is also important because Boss had contact with many of the major figures of modern psychiatry and psychotherapy, including Freud, Heidegger, Bleuler and Jung. It is therefore important because it shows how Boss's thought has been influenced by all these figures.
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