The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
ADDENDUM 1914
The above apologia was written in 1909.
Since then, the state of affairs has certainly undergone a change; my
contribution to the "interpretation of dreams" is no longer ignored in
the literature of the subject. But the new situation makes it even more
impossible to continue the foregoing summary. The Interpretation of
Dreams has evoked a whole series of new contentions and problems, which
have been expounded by the authors in the most varied fashions. But I
cannot discuss these works until I have developed the theories to which
their authors have referred. Whatever has appeared to me as valuable in
this recent literature I have accordingly reviewed in the course of the
following exposition.
Table of
Contents
THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE OF DREAM-PROBLEMS (UP
TO 1900)
The Relation of the Dream to the Waking State
The Material of Dreams- Memory in Dreams
Dream-Stimuli and Sources
External sensory stimuli
Internal (subjective) sensory stimuli
Internal (organic) physical stimuli
Psychic sources of excitation
Why Dreams Are Forgotten After Waking
The Psychological Peculiarities of Dreams
The Ethical Sense in Dreams
Dream-Theories and the Function of the Dream
The Relation between Dreams and Mental
Diseases
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