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“To sum up: numbers appear to represent both an attribute of matter and the unconscious foundation of our mental process. For this reason, number forms, according to Jung, that particular element that unites the realms of matter and psyche. It is "real" in a double sense, as an archetypal image and as a qualitative manifestation in the realm of outer-world experience.”

Quote by Marie-Louise von Franz

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Number and Time

This work delves into the philosophical underpinnings of number and time, analyzing their roles in shaping human understanding and perception. The text examines the historical development of these concepts and their implications in various intellectual traditions. more

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Marie-Louise von Franz
Marie-Louise von Franz

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. more

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“Number, as it were, lies behind the psychic realm as a dynamic ordering principle, the primal element of which Jung called spirit. As an archetype, number becomes not only a psychic factor, but more generally, a world-structuring factor. In other words, numbers point to a background reality in which psyche and matter are no longer distinguishable.”