![EINSTEIN, Albert. Four autograph letters signed ('Papa') to his son Eduard ('Lieber Tetel', 'Mein geliebter Schlingel' [my beloved rascal]), SS Belgenland, Spa, Caputh and n.p., 11 December [1930] - 8 October 1932, small drawing of a porpoise in letter of 11.12.[1930], undated letter subscribed to a draft letter, 17 November 1931, to the Praesidium of the Zuricher Studentverein, together 6 pages, 4to, one letter on paper with printed heading of SS Belgenland, (occasional soiling to letters of ?17.11.1931 and 20.8.1932, paperclip stain to the latter; letter of 8.10.1932 browned).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2000/CKS/2000_CKS_06298_0032_000(011248).jpg?w=1)
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EINSTEIN, Albert. Four autograph letters signed ('Papa') to his son Eduard ('Lieber Tetel', 'Mein geliebter Schlingel' [my beloved rascal]), SS Belgenland, Spa, Caputh and n.p., 11 December [1930] - 8 October 1932, small drawing of a porpoise in letter of 11.12.[1930], undated letter subscribed to a draft letter, 17 November 1931, to the Praesidium of the Zuricher Studentverein, together 6 pages, 4to, one letter on paper with printed heading of SS Belgenland, (occasional soiling to letters of ?17.11.1931 and 20.8.1932, paperclip stain to the latter; letter of 8.10.1932 browned).
Further thoughts on psychoanalysis. Einstein's letter from SS Belgenland describes the delights of shipboard travel en route to California, and goes on 'Since [his stepdaughter] Ilse's experiences, I am not quite as sceptical any more about Freud's method. If only one could get objective information in this area. When you go to Berlin again, try to get her to tell you all about it - if she can bring herself to do so'. In an undated letter (?17 November 1931) Einstein treats the question in a more lighthearted vein, thanking Eduard for two essays on psychology - 'I spent some time trying to determine whether I am the compulsive or the neurotic type...How is your Oedipus complex (in case you have one)?'. A letter of 20 August 1932, at the period of Eduard's first major episode of schizophrenia, has a more firmly negative tone: 'I am not in favour of psychoanalytic treatments. Nothing good ever comes of it. If a man can't find the strength to stand on his own feet, then in God's name he ought to remain tied to the apron strings'; a few months later, in the wake of Eduard's hospitalisation, Einstein writes a reassuring tale of a man who found his institution the ideal place for creative activity. He is reading Andersen's fairy tales and the second part of Faust. 'When you come and visit, you must tell me about psychoanalysis;...I'll try to keep a straight face'.
Eduard Einstein was committed to the Burghölzli clinic in autumn 1932 and again, after a brief recovery, early in 1933. He was to spend much of the remainder of his life there. (4)
Further thoughts on psychoanalysis. Einstein's letter from SS Belgenland describes the delights of shipboard travel en route to California, and goes on 'Since [his stepdaughter] Ilse's experiences, I am not quite as sceptical any more about Freud's method. If only one could get objective information in this area. When you go to Berlin again, try to get her to tell you all about it - if she can bring herself to do so'. In an undated letter (?17 November 1931) Einstein treats the question in a more lighthearted vein, thanking Eduard for two essays on psychology - 'I spent some time trying to determine whether I am the compulsive or the neurotic type...How is your Oedipus complex (in case you have one)?'. A letter of 20 August 1932, at the period of Eduard's first major episode of schizophrenia, has a more firmly negative tone: 'I am not in favour of psychoanalytic treatments. Nothing good ever comes of it. If a man can't find the strength to stand on his own feet, then in God's name he ought to remain tied to the apron strings'; a few months later, in the wake of Eduard's hospitalisation, Einstein writes a reassuring tale of a man who found his institution the ideal place for creative activity. He is reading Andersen's fairy tales and the second part of Faust. 'When you come and visit, you must tell me about psychoanalysis;...I'll try to keep a straight face'.
Eduard Einstein was committed to the Burghölzli clinic in autumn 1932 and again, after a brief recovery, early in 1933. He was to spend much of the remainder of his life there. (4)
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