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Wilhelm Reich
(24 Mar 1897 - 3 Nov 1957)
Austrian psychologist.
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Science Quotes by Wilhelm Reich (3 quotes)
...scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena.
— Wilhelm Reich
Function of the Orgasm
Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, lifes pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation.
— Wilhelm Reich
Function of the Orgasm
Rulers and generals muster their troops. Magnates muster the sums of money which give them power. The fascist dictators muster the irrational human reactions which make it possible for them to attain and maintain their power over the masses. The scientists muster knowledge and means of research. But, thus far, no organization fighting for freedom has ever mustered the biological arsenal where the weapons are to be found for the establishment and the maintenance of human freedom. All precision of our social existence notwithstanding, there is as yet no definition of the word freedom which would be in keeping with natural science. No word is more misused and misunderstood. To define freedom is the same as to define sexual health. But nobody will openly admit this. The advocacy of personal and social freedom is connected with anxiety and guilt feelings. As if to be free were a sin or at least not quite as it should be. Sex-economy makes this guilt feeling comprehensible: freedom without sexual self-determination is in itself a contradiction. But to be sexual meansaccording to the prevailing human structureto be sinful or guilty. There are very few people who experience sexual love without guilt feeling. Free love has acquired a degrading meaning: it lost the meaning given it by the old fighters for freedom. In films and in books, to be genital and to be criminal are presented as the same thing.
— Wilhelm Reich
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See also:
- 24 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Reich's birth.
- Fury On Earth: A Biography Of Wilhelm Reich, by Myron Sharaf. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Wilhelm Reich.