Excerpt from The Theory of Dreams, Vol. 1 of 2: In Which an Inquiry Is Made Into the Powers and Faculties of the Human Mind, as They Are Illustrated in the Most Remarkable Dreams Recorded in Sacred and Profane HistoryA2(for the sake. Of the play Upon his name probably, ) by St. J erom, of writing in waking slumbers because at a time so awful as the present, when every day teems with great events, and the fate of empires he has employed his thoughts on Dreams; for, in truth, the fearful importance of the scenes which new interest the attention of mankind, as they only harass and afict the mind, affording it no pro spect of speedy relief, lead him to have recourse to speculative inqui ries, with a View of receding from gloomy reections, promising himself, as did Livy, when he projected his History, the 'cons'olation of withdrawing from the sight or evils which prevail.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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