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[Sigmund ] Freud did not under-stand that the dream is a highly creative act, written in the universal language of symbolism, and only secondarily does censorship distort those parts that the subject refuses to accept even in sleep.

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Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Frankfurt/Main
Language
Universal
Freud
Dream
Accept
Symbolism
Doe
Subjects
Refuses
Even
Accepting
Censorship
Stand
Highly
Sleep
Refuse
Secondarily
Written
Parts
Sigmund
Creative
Subject
Distort

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