Freud gives an anecdote of how as a young man he was able to go to the ruins of ancient Athens and prove to himself the claim that there was indeed an ancient city in Athens. With this example, Freud was able to conclude that the teachings in school were true. Freud also points out that if one accepts the teachings of something to be true, "the path to acquiring a personal conviction remains open"(33)...
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In other words, man has the ability to find out truth for himself and does not need religion to tell him how "real life" is. What then is Freud’s definition of an illusion? Freud describes an illusion as the "fulfillments of the oldest, strongest and most urgent wishes of mankind"(38). Freud explains that this wishful thinking had origins in childhood...
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