The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.

Carl Jung

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Topic

Middle age Youth vs. old age

Author

Carl Jung

Source

The Stages of Life

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

German

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Psychiatrist Psychologist Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jung, Carl. "Die Lebenswende." Seelenprobleme der Gegenwart. Rascher, 1931.

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Another quote by Carl Jung

Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.

Carl Jung

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Topic
Fanaticism
Speaker
Carl Jung
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1935 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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

Current Citation

Jung, Carl. The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings. Routledge, 2014, pt. 1, lecture 5.

Another quote from the 1930s

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Albert Einstein

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Topic
The mysterious Awe Wonder Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein
Source
What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13 Forum and Century
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
German
Time
1930 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Einstein, Albert. "What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13." Forum and Century, Oct. 1930, vol. 84, issue 4, pp. 193-194.

Another quote originally in German

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the opium of the people.

Karl Marx

Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

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Topic
Decline of religion Religion

Author

Karl Marx
Source
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtspilosophie [On the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law]. Frankfurt, 1927.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. A Critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right". Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Other people's words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever you're going.

Zadie Smith

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Topic
Power of words Language

Author

Zadie Smith
Source
That Crafty Feeling Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
2010 2010s 21st century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Smith, Zadie. "That Crafty Feeling." 24 Mar. 2008, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA. Lecture.