Society and Reality

One more from “A Primer of Jungian Psychology”:
As we have said, stimulation from external sources may produce tension and strain in the psyche by adding energy to it. Under normal conditions, this new energy can be accommodated within the psyche without causing serious dislocations. But if the psyche is already unstable, due to an uneven […]

There is a discussion, no rather a debate, going on between atheists and theists on the internet and in books. The debate is eternal, but it has heated up a bit because the atheists are becoming more assertive. In particular Andrew Sullivan and Sam Harris have been going at it in the blogoshpere. The Andrew […]

From “A Primer of Jungian Psychology:”
Extraverted thinking utilizes information supplied to the brain by stimulation of the sense organs. The object which activates the thinking process is something that exists in the external world. One tries to explain how a seed germinates and grows into a plant, or why water turns into steam when heated […]

From Walzer’s “Think and Thin”:
The fanatic, the ideologue, the “ultra”, the perfectionist who cares about nothing but his own work: all these people are not listening, deaf not only to the outside voices (like yours and mine) but also to inside voices.
This quote is from the chapter on the divided self, where Walzer argues that […]