Dreams are nothing other than a particular form of thinking, made possible by the conditions of the state of… — Slavoj Žižek
Dreams are nothing other than a particular form of thinking, made possible by the conditions of the state of sleep. it is the dream-work which creates that form, and it alone is the essence of dreaming - the explanation of its peculiar nature.
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