Freud’s mechanized, rationalistic worldview was condemned as antithetical to Goethe’s spirit

Evidence

Even Freud, the thinker who did more than any other to dethrone the self-certain subject of Cartesian rationalism, remained committed to achieving a scientific understanding of the unconscious processes he had unco­ vered. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 203 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Freud dethroned the Cartesian subject yet stayed committed to scientific rationalism — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 203

Broader Connections

• Freud dethroned the Cartesian subject yet stayed committed to scientific rationalism #corroborates (0.85) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 203