Sigmund Freud initially dreamed of studying law until he was seventeen years old. However, after encountering Darwin's theory of natural selection and finding its ideas aligned with his inclination to separate religion from life, he shifted his focus to medicine.
Freud studied at the University of Vienna under the supervision of Professor Karl Klaus, a prominent advocate for the theory of evolution. During his university years, Freud conducted numerous research projects based on Darwinian methodology to prove its validity.
Freud felt that organic medicine was restrictive due to his ethnic background and did not offer significant financial rewards. Consequently, he turned to clinical practice as a neurologist in 1881, marking the beginning of his journey into psychology.
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