Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex

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Title: Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
Author: Sigmund Freud
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NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 7
THREE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF SEX
SECOND EDITION SECOND REPRINTING BY
PROF. SIGMUND FREUD, LL.D. VIENNA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION v AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE
SECOND EDITION ix AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION x I. THE
SEXUAL ABERRATIONS 1 II. THE INFANTILE SEXUALITY 36 III. THE
TRANSFORMATION OF PUBERTY 68

INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION
The somewhat famous "Three Essays," which Dr. Brill is here bringing to the attention of
an English-reading public, occupy--brief as they are--an important position among the
achievements of their author, a great investigator and pioneer in an important line. It is
not claimed that the facts here gathered are altogether new. The subject of the sexual
instinct and its aberrations has long been before the scientific world and the names of
many effective toilers in this vast field are known to every student. When one passes
beyond the strict domains of science and considers what is reported of the sexual life in
folkways and art-lore and the history of primitive culture and in romance, the sources of
information are immense. Freud has made considerable additions to this stock of
knowledge, but he has done also something of far greater consequence than this. He has
worked out, with incredible penetration, the part which this instinct plays in every phase
of human life and in the development of human character, and has been able to establish
on a firm footing the remarkable thesis that