(I) Freud had a passion for antiquities, stimulated by his
classical studies and his romantic longing for Rome.
(II) Freud, who actually founded the discipline of
psychoanalysis, had a lively appreciation of literature.
(III) The excellence of Freud’s own literary style was
recognized when he was still a schoolboy. (IV) In 1930,
he became the fourth recipient of the Goethe Prize for
literature awarded by the City of Frankfurt. (V) In Freud’s
collected works, there are more references to Goethe
and to Shakespeare than the writings of any
psychiatrist.