“Man is a wolf to man.” These are the words that surprised millions of people when Freud first opened the discussion on human nature (Freud). Sigmund Freud, born in 1856 and died in 1939, was known for being the father of psychoanalysis (Jones). He lived his whole life trying to reach the human unconscious and unravel the puzzle of life, human personality and human nature (Chiriac). Sigmund Freud was influenced by the post-World War I environment and influenced the world through his theories and publications produced in this era and a way of thinking beyond reality to interpret mental illnesses and the miracle of the human brain (Sands ). On May 6, 1856, Sigmund Freud was living in a town called Freiberg, Moravia (Chiriac). His father was Jacob Freud, an ordinary and modest wool merchant with an extremely enthusiastic mind and a great sense of humor (Chiriac). Jacob married twice before Sigmund's mother and had two older children before Sigmund. Sigmund's mother, Amalia Nathansohn, was twenty years younger than his father and the same age as his half-siblings. Amalia was an encouraging woman and therefore influenced her son (Chiriac) a lot. Sigmund Freud once described that the feeling of his mother's special love towards him made him feel victorious and successful throughout his life, and helped him to have more self-confidence: "When you were indisputably the favorite son of your mother, you continue throughout your life this feeling of victory continues to feel confident in success, which in reality rarely does not come true" (Chiriac). His mother called him “my golden Sigi” (Chiriac). Jacob's third wife, Amalia gave birth to Sigmund when she was just 21, and then six younger siblings, Anna, Rosa...... middle of paper......magazines, newspapers, journals, reference articles and classic books: free online library. Visual studies laboratory. April 4, 1998. Web. April 21, 2010. .Sands, Keith. “The St. Petersburg Times – Culture – Freud inspires art, lectures.” The St. Petersburg Times – Overview. St. Petersburg time. February 13, 1993. Web April 21, 2010. Thornton, Stephen P. "Freud, Sigmund [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]." [The Encyclopedia of Philosophy on the Internet]. University of Limerick, Ireland, 16 April 2001. Web. 29 May 2010. .VIJAYAN, SK "Freud". Priory medical journals online. ©Priory Lodge Education Ltd. Web. 18 May 2010. .