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"We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resti..." — Carl Jung

We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.
Carl Jung
Carl Jung Psychologist • Swiss
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