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Quotation from The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
“Like Oedipus, we live in ignorance of the wishes that offend morality, wishes which nature has forced upon us”
The Interpretation of Dreams, Chapter V, typical dreams of the death of beloved persons, trans. A. A. Brill (1913)
Freud turns the chorus's warning in Sophocles into a warning about the pride of adult self-knowledge.
Citation: "Like Oedipus, we live in ignorance of the wishes that offend morality, wishes which nature has forced upon us" — Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Chapter V, typical dreams of the death of beloved persons, trans. A. A. Brill (1913). (id the-interpretation-of-dreams-q8)
Portrait: Sigmund Freud, by Max Halberstadt (cropped), Max Halberstadt, Public domain.
