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[Carl Gustav] Jung was not right when he said that the unconscious message is always written clearly and so there is no need to seek to discover the distortions, because one must recognize that many dreams are more or less distortions.

Erich Fromm

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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
Many
Messages
Jung
Must
Seek
Carl
Needs
Dreams
Distortion
Always
Written
Unconscious
Less
Message
Dream
Clearly
Need
Discover
Right
Recognize
Distortions

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