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The man of today, who resembles more or less the collective ideal, has made his heart into a den of murderers, as can easily be proved by the analysis of his unconscious, even though he himself is not in the least disturbed by it.

Carl Jung

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Carl Jung
Age: 85 †
Born: 1875
Born: July 26
Died: 1961
Died: June 6
Essayist
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Kesswil TG
C.G. Jung
Karl Gustav Jung
C. G. Jung
C. G. Yungu
Carl Gustav Jung
Though
Collectives
Less
Collective
Today
Unconscious
Dens
Ideal
Murderers
Even
Analysis
Resembles
Heart
Easily
Disturbed
Made
Ideals
Murderer
Men
Least
Proved

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