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Full Idea
Dreams are never joined by the memory with all the actions of life, as is the case with those actions that occur when one is awake.
Gist of Idea
Waking actions are joined by memory to all our other actions, unlike actions of which we dream
Source
René Descartes (Meditations [1641], §6.89)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.168