▁although ▁Fre ud : ▁His ▁Life ▁and ▁His ▁Mind , ▁" was ▁not ▁written ▁by ▁a ▁professional ▁psych ologist , ▁it ▁shows ▁a ▁sens itivity ▁and ▁grasp ▁of ▁Fre ud ' s ▁person ality ▁and ▁cultural ▁function ▁which ▁is ▁quite ▁unusual ." ▁He ▁wel com ed ▁the ▁book ' s ▁republic ation , ▁cred iting ▁P un er ▁with ▁having ▁provided ▁" a ▁more ▁analyt ical ▁and ▁real istic " ▁picture ▁of ▁Fre ud ▁than ▁previous ▁authors ▁and ▁with ▁recogn izing ▁both ▁Fre ud ' s ▁personal ▁psych ological ▁problems ▁and ▁the ▁pseudo - rel ig ious ▁character ▁of ▁ps y cho analysis . ▁He ▁wrote ▁that ▁Fre ud : ▁His ▁Life ▁and ▁His ▁Mind , ▁" will ▁help ▁greatly ▁to ▁dis sem inate ▁a ▁true ▁and ▁insp iring ▁picture ▁of ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁ps y cho analysis ." ▁The ▁historian ▁Peter ▁Gay ▁wrote ▁that ▁P un er ' s ▁bi ography ▁is ▁" f air ly ▁host ile ▁and ▁neither ▁very ▁scholar ly ▁nor ▁very ▁reliable ", ▁but ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁sufficiently ▁influ ential ▁for ▁Ernest ▁Jones ▁to ▁critic ize ▁it ▁in ▁The ▁Life ▁and ▁Work ▁of ▁Sig mund ▁Fre ud . ▁ ▁The ▁psych ologist ▁Louis ▁Bre ger ▁called ▁Fre ud : ▁His ▁Life ▁and ▁His ▁Mind ▁a ▁per cept ive ▁work ▁for ▁its ▁time , ▁writing ▁that ▁P un er ▁managed ▁to ▁construct ▁a ▁bal anced ▁account ▁of ▁Fre ud ▁despite ▁her ▁ignor ance ▁of ▁key ▁facts , ▁including ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁Wilhelm ▁F li ess . ▁Bre ger ▁considered