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IN SLEEP, THE SOUL IS SHUT UP AND IT'S MOTION DECREASES, HOWEVER, AND PRODUCES DREAMS. DREAMS ARE USUALLY DESIRES THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED.

Aristotle.

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The above quotation is a quotation i came across in the mid 90's, since then it has not left my conscious and sub-conscious mind. I think it will remain with me forever perhaps due to its significance and how true Aristotle was about his definition of what a dream is.
No doubt there are one thousand and one definition but this one made more sense to me than any other one that i came across so far.

You may or may not agree with Aristotle's definition, but there are key words he used for which stroke at the centre of anything that has got to do with a dream.

• Desire could be;

1. A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.

Synonyms: wish, want; More
strong sexual feeling or appetite.
synonyms: lust, lustfulness, sexual appetite, sexual attraction, passion, carnal passion, libido, sensuality, sexuality. (Noun aspect)

Or

1. Strongly wish for or want (something).

Synonyms: wish for, want, long for, yearn for, crave, set one's heart on, hanker after/for, pine for/after, thirst for, itch for, be desperate for, be bent on, have a need for, covet, aspire to; (Verb aspect)
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• Suppression could be;

The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication.

Synonyms: subduing, defeat, conquering, vanquishing, repression, crushing, quelling, quashing, squashing, stamping out, crackdown, clampdown, cowing, prevention, extinction;

OR

The restraint or repression of an idea, activity, or reaction by something more powerful.

synonyms: concealment, restraint, stifling, smothering, holding back, keeping back, choking back, control, keeping under control, checking, curbing, containing, bridling, inhibition, deadening, muffling
"the British seem to take great pride in the suppression of emotion",

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For example, there are many men who desire to have a woman of their particular inclination. When such desires are not achieved, it may become an obsession. This suppressed desire manifests itself in a dream in the person of SUCCUBUS (succubus is that beautiful demon who makes men have wet dreams)/(Incubus is the Male counterpart). She usually takes the shape of that inclination and makes the encounter more real than real.

There is so much to talk about regarding this issue, but let me pen down here.

please if you have a contrary opinion, do not hesitate to visit the comment section and enlighten us the more.