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However far-fetched it may sound, experience shows that many neuroses are caused by the fact that people blind themselves to their own religious promptings because of a childish passion for rational enlightenment.

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