The nation . appy no longeroffers us any shelter, something of thecore, of the essence of this meaningfuland life-affirming Judaism will not beabsent from our home. In the unknownbeginner, we hear the serene, nearly ar-rogant conviction of the great explorerof ideas: he declares that he cannothide his thoughts and opinions — inshort, the truth. And from the startwe come upon what is, perhaps, thecentral paradox in Freuds life, the con-trast between the bourgeois, rather stuffysobriety of his tastes and habits, andthe radical audacity of his doctrines. Hisimage of an ideal home is purest Vic-to
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