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    Summary of Alice Robb's Why We Dream
    Summary of Alice Robb's Why We Dream
    Summary of Alice Robb's Why We Dream
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    Summary of Alice Robb's Why We Dream

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    #1 Until the nineteenth century, dreams were thought of in the context of spirituality rather than science. They were treated like a sort of magical X-ray, with doctors consulting dreams for clues to their patients’ prognoses.

    #2 Dreams can be so lifelike that they seem to be the product of supernatural forces. They can change our beliefs, and they can even instill a sense of awe in the most committed atheist.

    #3 Dreams were not just the province of the uneducated or the superstitious. During the Enlightenment, Westerners still consulted their dreams for guidance and glimpses of the future.

    #4 Dreams have been used by scientists to study the mind. They have been used to help solve problems, and they allow us to satisfy desires that we are aware of as well as desires that we can’t acknowledge even to ourselves.

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    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateJun 4, 2022
    ISBN9798822529861
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      Contents

      Insights from Chapter 1

      Insights from Chapter 2

      Insights from Chapter 3

      Insights from Chapter 4

      Insights from Chapter 5

      Insights from Chapter 6

      Insights from Chapter 7

      Insights from Chapter 8

      Insights from Chapter 9

      Insights from Chapter 1

      #1

      Until the nineteenth century, dreams were thought of in the context of spirituality rather than science. They were treated like a sort of magical X-ray, with doctors consulting dreams for clues to their patients’ prognoses.

      #2

      Dreams can be so lifelike that they seem to be the product of supernatural forces. They can change our beliefs, and they can even instill a sense of awe in the most committed atheist.

      #3

      Dreams were not just the province of the uneducated or the superstitious. During the Enlightenment, Westerners still consulted their dreams for guidance and glimpses of the future.

      #4

      Dreams have been used by scientists to study the mind. They have been used to help solve problems, and they allow us to satisfy desires that we are aware of as well as desires that we can’t acknowledge even to ourselves.

      #5

      The dream is a layer of protection that allows us to sleep through the night without being overwhelmed by the issues at the dreams’ core. The dream’s latent content is the repressed desires that inspire them.

      #6

      The Interpretation of Dreams was not a success in 1900,

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