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Alfred Adler

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Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)

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Alfred Adler (1870–1937) was an Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, ophthalmologist, and psychologist. He was educated at and employed by the University of Vienna. His field of work included individual psychology, psychology, psychiatry, and neurology. Adler was associated with the Neo-Freudianism movement and wrote in German.

He authored 250 works, including *Understanding Human Nature*, *The Pattern of Life*, and *Die Andere Seite*. His spouse was Raissa Adler, and his student was Abraham Maslow. He died of acute myocardial infarction in Aberdeen and is buried in Vienna Central Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
7 February 1870
Died
28 May 1937
Works
250

Top works

  • Understanding Human Nature
  • Conocimiento del hombre
  • Hayatqa tăhlil, qismătkă achquch
  • The Pattern of Life
  • Die Andere Seite

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Denmark
Active from
1950-08-02
has german audiobooks
Official siteDiscogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
45
Total plays
200

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,635x

  2. Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept

    · 2002 · cited 22,897x

  3. Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

    · 2024 · cited 15,309x

  4. Synthesis of graphene-based nanosheets via chemical reduction of exfoliated graphite oxide

    · 2007 · cited 13,137x

  5. MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease

    · 2015 · cited 7,029x

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Quotes

  • “The striving for significance, this sense of yearning, always points out to us that all psychological phenomena contain a movement that starts from a feeling of inferiority and reach upward. The theory of Individual Psychology of psychological compensation states that the stronger the feeling of inferiority, the higher the goal for personal power.”
  • “To be human means to feel inferior.”
  • “Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.”
  • “It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”
  • “Man knows much more than he understands.”
  • “Nietzsche's "will to power" and "will to seem" embrace many of our views, which again resemble in some respects the views of Féré and the older writers, according to whom the sensation of pleasure originates in a feeling of power, that of pain in a feeling of feebleness.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Alfred Adler (/ˈædlər/ AD-lər; Austrian German: [ˈalfreːd ˈaːdlɐ]; February 7, 1870 – May 28, 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of belonging, relationships within the family, and birth order set him apart from Freud and others in their common circle. He proposed that contributing to others ("social interest" or Gemeinschaftsgefühl) was how the individual feels a sense of worth and belonging in the family and society. His earlier work focused on inferiority, coining the term "inferiority complex", an isolating element which he argued plays a key role in personality development. Adler considered a human being as an individual whole, and therefore he called his school of psychology Individual Psychology.

Adler was the first to emphasize the importance of the social element in the re-adjustment process of the individual and to carry psychiatry into the community. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Adler as the 67th most eminent psychologist of the 20th century.

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