Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

Ohne dieses Spiel mit Phantasien ist noch nie ein schöpferisches Werk geboren worden. Wir verdanken dem Imaginationsspiel unabsehbar viel.

Carl Jung

Psychological Types

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Topic

Imagination

Author

Carl Jung

Source

Psychological Types

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

German

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Psychiatrist Psychologist Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Original Citation

Jung, Carl. Psychologische Typen [Psychological Types]. Rascher Verlag, 1921.

Current Citation

Jung, Carl. Psychological Types, edited by R. F. C. Hull, translated by H. G. Baynes. Princeton University Press, 1976.

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Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.

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Time
1935 1930s 20th century
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Original Citation

Jung, Carl. Lecture five of the Tavistock lectures. 1935, Tavistock Clinic, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

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We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty.

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Language
Italian
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Mussolini, Benito. "Forza e consenso [Strength and Consent]." Da Gerarchia. Mar. 1923.

Current Citation

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Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

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Topic
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Author

Albert Einstein
Source
Letters of Albert Einstein
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1901 1900s 20th century
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Citation

Einstein, Albert. "To Jost Winteler." The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, vol. 1: The Early Years, 1879-1902, English Translation Supplement, translated by Anna Beck. Princeton University Press, 1987, no. 115. Originally from Letter to Jost Winteler, 8 July 1901.