,D R E A M P SY C HO LO G Y
PS YCH OAN ALYSIS F OR BE GI NN E RS
BY
P RO F . DR . SI G M UN D F R E U D
WITH A N INTRO DUCTION BY
A ND RE TRI DO N
Aut h or o f
"
E Les s o n in Ps yc oanalysis
a sy h ”
"
Ps yc h o an alysis , its Histo ry, T eo y a nd h r
Pr ac tic e ,
” “
P s yc h oana lys s i a nd
Be h a vio r ”
a nd
e"
Ps ycho
a na ly i
s s, Sle ep a nd
”
Drea ms
NEW Y ORK
JAME S A McCANN .
1 92 1
,
, I NT R ODUC TI O N
TH E medical profession is j ustly co nservat ive .
Huma n life should not b e co nsidered as the pro per
material for wild experime nts .
Co nservatism however is too ofte n a W elcome
, ,
excuse for lazy minds loath to adap t themselves to
,
fast cha nging co nditions .
R emember the scornful reception which first w a s
accorded to Freud s discoveries in the domain o f the
’
u nconscious.
When after years of patient observatio ns he ,
fi nally decided to appear before medical bodies to
tell them modestly of some facts which always re ‘
curred in his dream and his patie nts dreams he ’
,
was first laughed at and the n avoided as a crank .
“ ”
The words dream interpretatio n were a nd still
are i ndeed fraught with u npleasant unscie ntific ,
associations They remind one of all sorts of child
.
ish superstitious notions which make up the thread
, ,
and woof of dream books r ead by none but the
,
ignorant and the prim itive .
The wealth of detail the i nfinite care never to let
,
a nythi ng pass unexpl ained with which he prese nted
,
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PS YCH OAN ALYSIS F OR BE GI NN E RS
BY
P RO F . DR . SI G M UN D F R E U D
WITH A N INTRO DUCTION BY
A ND RE TRI DO N
Aut h or o f
"
E Les s o n in Ps yc oanalysis
a sy h ”
"
Ps yc h o an alysis , its Histo ry, T eo y a nd h r
Pr ac tic e ,
” “
P s yc h oana lys s i a nd
Be h a vio r ”
a nd
e"
Ps ycho
a na ly i
s s, Sle ep a nd
”
Drea ms
NEW Y ORK
JAME S A McCANN .
1 92 1
,
, I NT R ODUC TI O N
TH E medical profession is j ustly co nservat ive .
Huma n life should not b e co nsidered as the pro per
material for wild experime nts .
Co nservatism however is too ofte n a W elcome
, ,
excuse for lazy minds loath to adap t themselves to
,
fast cha nging co nditions .
R emember the scornful reception which first w a s
accorded to Freud s discoveries in the domain o f the
’
u nconscious.
When after years of patient observatio ns he ,
fi nally decided to appear before medical bodies to
tell them modestly of some facts which always re ‘
curred in his dream and his patie nts dreams he ’
,
was first laughed at and the n avoided as a crank .
“ ”
The words dream interpretatio n were a nd still
are i ndeed fraught with u npleasant unscie ntific ,
associations They remind one of all sorts of child
.
ish superstitious notions which make up the thread
, ,
and woof of dream books r ead by none but the
,
ignorant and the prim itive .
The wealth of detail the i nfinite care never to let
,
a nythi ng pass unexpl ained with which he prese nted
,
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