Why Do We Dream? By Smit Patel and Madonna Ghobrial

Quiz Questions:
1. Who was one of the philosophers from the ancient period?
2. What are the 5 time periods discussed concerning dreams?
3. What did Socrates assume “music” meant in his dream?
4. At the end of Socrates’ life, what did he realize?
5. Name a Philosopher from the medieval period
6. Which philosopher believes that dreams consist of unexplainable great visions?

Discussion Questions:

-Why do you guys think we dream? Where do dreams come from and what do they mean?

-Who do you guys agree with, Plato or Aristotle? 

-Before we discuss how philosophers in the past distinguished dreams from real life, how do you guys distinguish between them?

-Do you ever try to interpret dreams symbolically or as if they can tell you the future? 

-Is it the dreamer’s fault if they have immoral dreams?

-Do you guys agree with Leibniz that dreams consist of unexplainable great visions? 

References:

https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/dreams.html

https://nb.vse.cz/kfil/elogos/history/papachristou14.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/637972?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dreams-dreaming/

https://www.iep.utm.edu/dreaming/

https://www.academia.edu/7752149/Thomas_Aquinas_on_Dreams

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23936801?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/pascal-the-thoughts-of-blaise-pascal

https://philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu/faculty/rutherford/Leibniz/translations/Dream.pdf

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant/