On Dreams is a short essay by Sigmund Freud that presents his theory of dreams for a general readership. It explains ideas such as wish fulfilment, the distinction between manifest and latent content, and the dream-work, offering a concise introduction to psychoanalytic thinking about sleep and the unconscious.
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ON DREAMS
BY
PROF. DR. SIGM. FREUD
ONLY AUTHORISED ENGLISH TRANSLATION
BY
M. D. EDER
FROM THE SECOND GERMAN EDITION
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
W. LESLIE MACKENZIE, M.A., M.D., LL.D.
MEDICAL MEMBER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD FOR SCOTLAND; LATE
FERGUSON SCHOLAR IN PHILOSOPHY; LATE EXAMINER IN MENTAL
PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
AGE
QUOD
AGIS
NEW YORK
REBMAN COMPANY
HERALD SQUARE BUILDING
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CONTENTS PAGE I. THE SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR VIEWS OF DREAMS CONTRASTED 1 II. DREAMS HAVE A MEANING—ANALYSIS OF A DREAM— MANIFEST AND LATENT CONTENT OF DREAMS 6 III. THE DREAM AS REALISATION OF UNFULFILLED DESIRES—INFANTILE TYPE OF DREAMS 21 IV. THE DREAM-MECHANISM—CONDENSATION— DRAMATISATION 33 V. THE DREAM-MECHANISM CONTINUED— DISPLACEMENT—TRANSVALUATION OF ALL PSYCHICAL VALUES 45 VI. THE DREAM-MECHANISM CONTINUED—THE EGO IN THE DREAM 54 VII. THE DREAM-MECHANISM CONTINUED—REGARD FOR INTELLIGIBILITY 68 VIII. RELATION OF DREAMS TO OTHER UNCONSCIOUS MENTAL PROCESSES—REPRESSION 78 IX. THREE CLASSES OF DREAMS 84 X. WHY THE DREAM DISGUISES THE DESIRES—THE CENSORSHIP 88 XI. THE DREAM THE GUARDIAN OF SLEEP 92 XII. DREAM SYMBOLISM—MYTHS AND FOLKLORE 100 XIII. ELEMENTS COMMON TO NORMAL AND ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 107
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