Carl Jung Quotes


Error is just as important a condition of life's progress as truth


Citations

Jung, C. G. The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 16: The Practice of Psychotherapy. Princeton University Press, 1966, p. 3.

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Carl Jung
Carl Jung
  • Born: July 26, 1875
  • Died: June 6, 1961
  • Nationality: Swiss
  • Profession: Psychologist

Carl Gustav Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy and religious studies. Jung worked as a research scientist at the famous Burghölzli hospital, under Eugen Bleuler. During this time, he came to the attention of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. The two men conducted a lengthy correspondence and collaborated, for a while, on a joint vision of human psychology.