Carl Jung
Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jungwas a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. His work has been influential not only in psychiatry but also in philosophy, anthropology, archaeology, literature, and religious studies. He was a prolific writer, though many of his works were not published until after his death...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth26 July 1875
CityKesswil, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
New ideas are not only the enemies of old ones; they also appear often in an extremely unacceptable form.
The Platonic world of ideas corresponds to Thinking and Sensation on the mystical level.
Plato's world of ideas is beautiful.
Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe.
The fact is that certain ideas exist almost everywhere and at all times and can even spontaneously create themselves quite independently of migration and tradition.
All the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes.
Once upon a time men were possessed by devils. Now they are not less obsessed by ideas
Everyone is in love with his own ideas
Intuition is perception via the unconscious that brings forth ideas, images, new possibilities and ways out of blocked situations.
It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing.
At the moment I am looking into astrology, which seems indispensable for a proper understanding of mythology. There are strange and wondrous things in these lands of darkness. Please, don't worry about my wanderings in these infinitudes. I shall return laden with rich booty for our knowledge of the human psyche.
I am no longer alone with myself, and I can only artificially recall the scary and beautiful feeling of solitude. This is the shadow side of the fortune of love.
The time is a critical one, for it marks the beginning of the second half of life, when a metanoia, a mental transformation, not infrequently occurs. (on being 36 yrs old)
Hitler is a shy and friendly man with artistic tastes and gifts.