A knife without a blade, for which the handle is missing
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"I would like to say in conclusion that Jung, by his "modifications" has furnished psychoanalysis with a counterpart to the famous knife of Lichtenberg. He has changed the hilt, has inserted into it a new blade, and because the same trademark is engraved on it he requires of us that we regard the instrument as the former one."--The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement (1914) by Sigmund Freud, A. A. Brill translation |
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"Ein Messer ohne Klinge, an welchem der Stiel fehlt" (1798, English: "A knife without a blade, for which the handle is missing) is an aphorism by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg found in the text "List of a collection of tools, to be publicly auctioned next week in the house of Sir H. S." first published in the Göttingenschen Taschen - Kalender of 1798. It is mentioned in "The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement" (1914) by Sigmund Freud.
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French
"Un couteau sans lame auquel manque le manche"
Original German
"Ein Messer ohne Klinge, an welchem der Stiel fehlt"
Dutch
"Een mes zonder lemmet, waar het heft aan ontbreekt."
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