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Marie-Louise von Franz was a Swiss psychologist born on January 4, 1915, and died on February 17, 1998. She was a colleague and close friend of the famous psychologist Carl Jung, known for her contributions to Jungian psychology.

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“Numbers, furthermore as archetypal structural constants of the collective unconscious, possess a dynamic, active aspect which is especially important to keep in mind. It is not what we can do with numbers but what they do to our consciousness that is essential.”

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Book:Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and Physics

Source: Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and Physics

“Number ... should not be understood solely as a construction of consciousness, but also as an archetype and thus as a constituent of nature both without and within.”

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Book:Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and Physics

Source: Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and Physics

“As physics is a mental reconstruction of material processes, perhaps a physical reconstruction of psychic processes is possible in nature itself.”

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Book:Psyche and Matter

Source: Psyche and Matter

About the Author

Born: January 4, 1915
Died: February 17, 1998
Known for: Psychologist
Quotes: 41

Books & Sources

The Interpretation of Fairy Tales: Revised EditionRelated source material

Psyche and MatterRelated source material

Creation Myths: Revised EditionRelated source material

Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and PhysicsRelated source material

The Feminine in Fairy TalesRelated source material

Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the PsychologyRelated source material

Archetypal Dimensions of the PsycheRelated source material

Individuation in Fairy TalesRelated source material

Number and TimeRelated source material

Shadow and Evil in Fairy TalesRelated source material

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