Lasswell's essay does not attempt to compare and contrast the specific ideas and conceptualizations of James and Freud. He deals rather with relatively broad and general aspects of their lives and works. Lasswell sees James primarily as a philosopher; as an organizer of knowledge (a great writer of textbooks in a nonpejorative sense); as a general psychologist; as utilizing a more balanced presentation of human nature; and as a relatively popular lecturer and an effective 'mixer' among his colleagues. Freud, on the other hand, is portrayed as a scientist; as one who offered epoch-making original contributions; as being primarily a psychopathologist; as presenting a rather one-sided 'Hobbesian' view of human nature; and as having little interest either in the popularization of his work or in being a 'mixer' except within his own particular professional group. Lasswell feels that neither man was primarily devoted to the