Speaking of Bryan ...

... he thinks better of Freud than I do: The Death of Sigmund Freud: Fascism, Psychoanalysis and the Rise of Fundamentalism.

I knew about the importance of an examined life long before I read a word of Freud - who seemed to advocate having someone else - to wit, an analyst - examine my life for me. My Catholic education may have some bearing on this. After all, by the time I read Freud - when I was in high school - I was already familiar with this.