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Sigmund Freud

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.

Sigmund Freud

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Freud is saying that our conscious thoughts are like water that appears above ground briefly, shining and moving visibly. However, these thoughts come from and eventually return to the much larger, hidden part of our mind, the subconscious, which influences what we think and feel without us realizing it.

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