People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid… — Carl Jung · Skopia

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People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.

1944

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Facing oneself Existential terror Self-knowledge Distraction Human nature

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Psychological literature

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Jung, Carl. Psychologie un Alchemie [Psychology and Alchemy] Routledge, 1944.

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