Raymond Geuss (1946) British philosopher
Source: Outside Ethics (2005), p. 9.
“But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the dreamer, whereas in myth the problem and solutions shown are directly valid for all mankind.”
Source: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), Chapter 1
Context: Dream is personalized myth, myth is depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche. But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the dreamer, whereas in myth the problem and solutions shown are directly valid for all mankind.
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Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books
“Dream is personalized myth, myth is depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic”
Joseph Campbell book The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Source: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), Chapter 1
Context: Dream is personalized myth, myth is depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche. But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the dreamer, whereas in myth the problem and solutions shown are directly valid for all mankind.
“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”
Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
“The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher
Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871) British mathematician, philosopher and university teacher (1806-1871)
...there is such a thing as the square root of 6, and it is denoted by √<span style="text-decoration: overline">6</span>. But we do not say we actually find this, but that we approximate to it.
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Karl Pearson (1857–1936) English mathematician and biometrician
The Ethic of Freethought (Mar 6, 1883)
“You ought to dream. All our biggest businessmen have been dreamers.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Sun Also Rises
Source: The Sun Also Rises