Alfred Adler
Born 7 February 1870 · Died 28 May 1937
From Rudolfsheim, Vienna, Austria · Nationality: Austria, Cisleithania
Alfred Adler (February 7, 1870, Rudolfsheim, Vienna – May 28, 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychologist and founder of the school of individual psychology. In collaboration with Sigmund Freud and a small group of Freud's colleagues, Adler was among the co-founders of the psychoanalytic movement as a core member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. He was the first major figure to break away from psychoanalysis to form an independent school of psychotherapy and personality theory.
Quotes
“To be human means to feel inferior.”
p. 288 “Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.”
p. 14 “It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”
Chapter 5 “Man knows much more than he understands.”
As quoted in A Primer of Adlerian Psychology: The Analytic-Behavioural-Cognitive
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Alfred Adler in order
Books by Alfred Adler in the order they were published, from The Neurotic Constitution (1912) to Agresif Karakterler (2020).
- 1The Neurotic Constitution
The Neurotic Constitution1912 - 2Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation
Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation1917 - 3The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology
The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology1924 - 4Understanding Human Nature
Understanding Human Nature1927 - 5Problems of NeurosisProblems of Neurosis1929
- 6The Science Of Living
The Science Of Living1929 - 7Guiding the Child
Guiding the Child1930 - 8Guiding the Child on the Principles of Individual Psychology
Guiding the Child on the Principles of Individual Psychology1930 - 9The Education of Children
The Education of Children1930 - 10The Pattern of Life
The Pattern of Life1930 - 11What Life Should Mean to You
What Life Should Mean to You1931 - 12Social Interest
Social Interest1938 - 13Social Interest, a Challenge to MankindSocial Interest, a Challenge to Mankind1939
- 14Bireysel Psikoloji
Bireysel Psikoloji2005 - 15The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 2 - Jou
The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 2 - Journal Articles: 1898-19092005 - 16Case of Miss R
Case of Miss R2013 - 17Study of Organ InferiorityStudy of Organ Inferiority2015
- 18Agresif Karakterler
Agresif Karakterler2020 - 19Co-operation Between the Sexes
Co-operation Between the Sexes - 20On Suicide
On Suicide - 21Superiority and Social Interest
Superiority and Social Interest - 22The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler - 23What Life Could Mean to You
What Life Could Mean to You