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Quotation from The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

“the content of the dream is thus the fulfilment of a wish; its motive is a wish”

Sigmund Freud

The Interpretation of Dreams, Chapter II, trans. A. A. Brill (1913)

Portrait of Sigmund Freud

The conclusion of the Irma analysis: the dream acquits Freud of responsibility for his patient's condition.

Citation: "the content of the dream is thus the fulfilment of a wish; its motive is a wish" — Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Chapter II, trans. A. A. Brill (1913). (id the-interpretation-of-dreams-q3)

Portrait: Sigmund Freud, by Max Halberstadt (cropped), Max Halberstadt, Public domain.

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