Today, there is indeed a commemorative plaque marking the spot where Freud began writing the book. “Do you think that one day there will be a marble tablet on the house, saying: ‘In this house on July 24, 1895, the Secret of Dreams was revealed to Dr. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.” Sigmund FreudĮverybody dreams, and because of this it is one of the best ways to grasp Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis in a practical way.įreud was so confident in his discovery that he jokingly wrote to his friend Wilhelm Fliess: Freud starts with Aristotle (and the demoniac view) then, the (biblical). It is the ‘King’s highway’ along which everyone can travel to discover the truth of unconscious processes for themselves. A major book (of 1900) as one of the possible approaches to the world of dreams. By identifying its mechanisms, Freud also shed new light on the workings of the unconscious and its powerful role in human life.įreud called dream interpretation the ‘royal road’ to the unconscious. The book represents Freud’s first major attempt to set out his theory of a dynamic unconscious, created in childhood, which operates continuously in every human mind.įor Freud, dreaming is a mental activity that follows its own logic. Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams was one of the most important books of the 20th century.įirst published in 1900, it provides a groundbreaking theory of dreams and an innovative method for interpreting them that captivates readers to this day. Title page of the first edition of The Interpretation of Dreams.
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