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This short paper sets out to show how the story of Robinson Crusoe can be interpreted as the description of the recovery from the schizophrenic state. The rôle of Man Friday is akin to that of the therapist who must be willing and able to undertake the task of leading the patient from his isolation back to the world of objects.