Letter from Sándor Ferenczi to Sigmund Freud, February 15, 1913

Internationale Zeitschrift für Arztliche Psychoanalyse

Budapest, February 15, 1913

Dear Professor,

Thanks for the acknowledgment. I was not quite sure whether you would like the paper.

Of course I meant the “content” of neurosis as you did (kinds of erotism). Regarding the associative connection between stages of development of the ego and of sexuality, I know that it is very loose and subject to displacement. I meant only that this connection takes place between the stage of the ego that prevails in fixation—and the stages of the libido.—I have corrected the ambiguous passages.

Here is a letter from Jung and my reply to it.1 I can, of course, alter it as you wish.—

At the same time I am sending you a brief communication2 for the Zeitschrift, about which I have absolutely no idea whether it is worth the printer's ink. Please don't hesitate to express yourself quite freely about it.

My condition is still variable. I still tire very easily and see that I am in need of recuperation.

Cordially,

Ferenczi