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“All the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes.”

Book:The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Structure and dynamics of the psyche

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The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Structure and dynamics of the psyche

The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Structure and dynamics of the psyche is a compilation of the renowned Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst's most influential writings. It delves into the intricate workings of the human mind, exploring concepts such as the unconscious, archetypes, and the individuation process. more

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Carl Jung

Carl Jung, born on July 26, 1875, and died on June 6, 1961, was a renowned Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist. His theories have had a profound impact on fields such as psychology, psychiatry, and religious studies. Jung proposed the theory of personality types, the concept of the collective unconscious, and founded analytical psychology. more

“A man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion - in Schiller's words a tyrant. I have found my tyrant, and in his service I know no limits. My tyrant is psychology. It has always been my distant, beckoning goal and now since I have hit upon the neuroses, it has come so much the nearer.”

Knows Men Passion Found Goal Psychology Limits Horse Like Me Tyrants Hobbies Consuming Neurosis Beckoning

Book:The Origins of Psychoanalysis: Letters, Drafts and Notes to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1902

Source: The Origins of Psychoanalysis: Letters, Drafts and Notes to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1902

“I do not doubt that it would be easier for fate to take away your suffering than it would for me. But you will see for yourself that much has been gained if we succeed in turning your hysterical misery into common unhappiness.”

Ifs Has Beens Would Be Suffering Common Doubt Fate Easier Succeed Misery Unhappiness Hysterical

Author:Sigmund Freud

“It often seems that the poet's derisive comment is not unjustified when he says of the philosopher: “With his nightcaps and the tatters of his dressing-gown he patches the gaps in the structure of the universe.”

Seems Universe Poet Structure Philosopher Gaps Comment Dressings Patches Gowns Unjustified Nightcap

Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

“The psychic development of the individual is a short repetition of the course of development of the race.”

Courses Individual Race Development Repetition Psychics

Book:The Collected Works of Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalytic Studies, Theoretical Essays & Articles: The Interpretation of Dreams, Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Dream Psychology, Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement, Leonardo da Vinci…

Source: The Collected Works of Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalytic Studies, Theoretical Essays & Articles: The Interpretation of Dreams, Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Dream Psychology, Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement, Leonardo da Vinci…

“If the truth of religious doctrines is dependent on an inner experience that bears witness to the truth, what is one to make of the many people who do not have that experience?”

People Ifs Religious Bears Doctrine Witness Dependent

Author:Sigmund Freud

“The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions.”

Reason Passion Ego Sanity Contrast

Book:Major Works

Source: Major Works

“A poor girl may have an illusion that a prince will come and fetch her home. It is possible, some such cases have occurred. That the Messiah will come and found a golden age is much less probable.”

May Home Age Girl Found Poor Cases Illusion Golden Messiah Golden Age Fetch

Book:THE FUTURE OF AN ILLUSION

Source: THE FUTURE OF AN ILLUSION

“Cruelty and intolerance to those who do not belong to it are natural to every religion.”