Category: Philosophy
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The Hidden Cost of Progress
Does Human Progress Always Make Human Life Better? Human history is often told as a story of progress. We look backward and see the development of agriculture, cities, science, industry, medicine, transportation, communication, and technology, and it is difficult not to recognize how dramatically these transformations have expanded human possibilities. People today can travel across…
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Can Christian Asceticism Make You More Free? What Jung, Aristotle, and Psychology Reveal About Self-Mastery
Is Becoming Yourself Enough, or Must You Also Learn to Govern Yourself? Few ideas developed by Carl Gustav Jung resonate as deeply with contemporary readers as individuation. The concept possesses an almost instinctive appeal because it suggests that every human being carries within themselves unrealized possibilities, hidden dimensions of personality, and a unique potential waiting…
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Jung and Aristotle: Is Self-Knowledge Enough, or Is Becoming Better the Real Goal of Life?
Is Self-Knowledge Really Enough? Few ideas have become as influential in contemporary culture as the pursuit of self-knowledge. Books, podcasts, therapists, social media personalities, and an endless stream of self-improvement literature repeatedly encourage us to look inward, understand ourselves more deeply, and uncover the hidden forces shaping our thoughts, emotions, and decisions, all built upon…
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Jung and Freud: Where They Agree and Disagree
The Friendship That Changed the History of Psychology Few intellectual relationships have had a greater impact on modern psychology than the one between Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung. For several years, Jung was widely regarded as Freud’s natural successor, a brilliant young psychiatrist capable of carrying psychoanalysis into the future. Freud admired Jung’s intelligence,…