Freud reportedly admired Aristotle's assertion that dreaming is the activity of the mind during sleep (Fine, 1973). ... Secondly, there is every reason to suspect that our memory of dreams is not only fragmentary but inaccurate and falsified. ... In by doing so the patient rarely uses the same words. ... According to Aristotle's accurate definition," a dream is thinking that persists in the state of sleep." ... There is a distinguishing origin for such a wish. 1) It may have been aroused during the day and for external reasons may not have been satisfied. ...

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While records of lucid dream discussion date back to the days of Aristotle, it was Frederick Van Eeden who first coined the term "lucid dream". Van Eeden used the word "lucid" simply to mean "clarity". ... These include being able to reason normally, recall conditions of their waking life, and act/speak freely based on decisions and thoughts created before going to sleep (LaBerge "Lucid Dreaming" 338). ... There are several benefits from learning to lucid dream that we can use in our everyday waking state. ... Therefore, many people use lucid dreaming to rehearse and prepare for success in...

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