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==Dream Interpretation== |
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Volkelt spent time analysing the meaning of dreams, and is cited several times in [[The Interpretation of Dreams]] as a foundation for Freud's claims. Volkelt believed that elements of a dream were directly related to the body of the dreamer, such as a roaring stove representing the dreamer's lungs. <ref>Freud, Sigmund. ''The Interpretation of Dreams''. Barnes & Noble Books, New York. 2005. Page 80.</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
Revision as of 01:02, 22 September 2015
Johannes Immanuel Volkelt (21 July 1848 in Lipnik near Biala, Austrian Galicia – 8 May 1930 in Leipzig) was a German philosopher [1].
Biography
He was educated at Vienna, Jena, and Leipzig. He became professor of philosophy at Basel in 1883 and at Würzburg in 1889, and in 1894 was made professor of philosophy and pedagogy in Leipzig [1].
Philosophy
In philosophy his main efforts have been his opposition to positivism and his attempt at a new metaphysical theory. His independent position was arrived at after successive periods in which he followed Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Hartmann [1].
Works
Volkelt has written on aesthetics as well as on philosophy proper. His more important works are [1]:
- Pantheismus und Individualismus im System Spinozas (1872)
- Die Traumphantasie (1875)
- Kants Erkenntnistheorie, a searching piece of criticism (1879)
- Aesthetische Zeitfragen (1895)
- Arthur Schopenhauer, seine Persönlichkeit, seine Lehre, sein Glaube (1900)
- Die Kunst des Individualisierens in den Dichtungen Jean Pauls (1902)
- Phänomenologie und Metaphysik der Zeit (1925)
Dream Interpretation
Volkelt spent time analysing the meaning of dreams, and is cited several times in The Interpretation of Dreams as a foundation for Freud's claims. Volkelt believed that elements of a dream were directly related to the body of the dreamer, such as a roaring stove representing the dreamer's lungs. [2]
Notes
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (July 2013) |
- ^ a b c d This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^ Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams. Barnes & Noble Books, New York. 2005. Page 80.