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The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one's whole being. Nothing less will do there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises.

Carl Jung

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Carl Jung
Age: 85 †
Born: 1875
Born: July 26
Died: 1961
Died: June 6
Essayist
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Kesswil TG
C.G. Jung
Karl Gustav Jung
C. G. Jung
C. G. Yungu
Carl Gustav Jung
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