Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality

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book psychoanalytic work

Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality is Sigmund Freud’s foundational 1905 work that outlines his psychoanalytic theories of psychosexual development, infantile sexuality, and the structure of sexual drives.

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Label	Occurrences
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality canonical	5
Infantile Sexuality	2
Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie	1
Freudian theory of psychosexual stages	1
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex	1
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (Standard Edition)	1

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Target entity: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Context triple: [Sigmund Freud, notableWork, Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality]

A. The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
B. Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
C. Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love is Marsilio Ficino’s influential Renaissance philosophical work that interprets and Christianizes Plato’s ideas on love and beauty.
D. The Natural Superiority of Women
The Natural Superiority of Women is a 1952 book by anthropologist Ashley Montagu that argues, using biological and social evidence, that women possess inherent advantages over men and challenges traditional notions of male dominance.
E. Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Target entity description: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality is Sigmund Freud’s foundational 1905 work that outlines his psychoanalytic theories of psychosexual development, infantile sexuality, and the structure of sexual drives.

A. The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
B. Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
C. Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love is Marsilio Ficino’s influential Renaissance philosophical work that interprets and Christianizes Plato’s ideas on love and beauty.
D. The Natural Superiority of Women
The Natural Superiority of Women is a 1952 book by anthropologist Ashley Montagu that argues, using biological and social evidence, that women possess inherent advantages over men and challenges traditional notions of male dominance.
E. Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ psychoanalytic work ⓘ
author	Sigmund Freud ⓘ
centralTheme	development of sexual life from infancy to adulthood ⓘ normal and pathological sexuality ⓘ relationship between sexuality and neurosis ⓘ
copyrightStatus	public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
field	psychiatry ⓘ psychology ⓘ sexual science ⓘ
firstEssayTitle	The Sexual Aberrations ⓘ
genre	non-fiction ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ
hasEdition	1910 revised edition ⓘ 1920 revised edition ⓘ 1924 revised edition ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation	Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex ⓘ linked to: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
hasForm	monograph ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
influenced	20th-century psychology ⓘ development of psychoanalysis ⓘ theory of human sexuality ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
mainSubject	infantile sexuality ⓘ psychoanalytic theory ⓘ psychosexual development ⓘ sexual drives ⓘ sexuality ⓘ
notableFor	controversial views on childhood sexuality ⓘ introduction of psychosexual stages ⓘ systematic theory of infantile sexuality ⓘ
originalTitle	Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie ⓘ linked to: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
partOf	Freud's metapsychological writings ⓘ linked to: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
placeOfPublication	Leipzig ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
proposesConcept	Oedipus complex ⓘ erogenous zones ⓘ infantile sexuality ⓘ partial drives ⓘ polymorphous perversity ⓘ psychosexual stages of development ⓘ
publicationYear	1905 ⓘ
publisher	Franz Deuticke NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondEssayTitle	Infantile Sexuality ⓘ linked to: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
structure	three essays ⓘ
thirdEssayTitle	The Transformations of Puberty ⓘ

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