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“Een paar dingen hadden misschien anders kunnen zijn, als ik zèlf anders was geweest. Maar zoals het was heeft het moeten zijn, want alles is zo gegaan omdat ik ben zoals ik ben.”

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Carl Jung
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

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