Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 and died in exile in London in 1939. As a writer and doctor he remains one of the great voices of the twentieth century. By a detailed investigation of the universal phenomenon of dreaming Freud discovered a radical new way of exploring the unconscious and recognized that dreams are a conflict and compromise between conscious and unconscious impulses. Through his insights about dreams Freud was able to revise his methods of treatment for neurotic patients and devel