Philosophical notebooks: the unconscious

Freud did not discover the concept of the unconscious in the precise sense of the word. But he gave a new meaning to a term that existed previously. And he worked hard to legitimize it, based on his personal research (...). The Freudian hypothesis of the unconscious led to the founding of "depth psychology," and "beyond psychology," that is, psychoanalysis. Such a hypothesis allows understanding some recurring irrational pathological processes related to the existence of the self. This also explains Freud's invention of a psychological therapeutic strategy, which is psychoanalytic therapy. Thus, a profound reform began that would lead to the denial of the Cartesian cogito, a reform based on the idea that "the ego is not the master in its house." Philosophical notebooks: the unconscious