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The goal and meaning of individual life (which is the only real life) no longer lie in individual development but in the policy of the State, which is thrust upon the individual from outside and consists in the execution of an abstract idea which ultimately tends to attract all life to itself.
The goal and meaning of individual life (which is the only real life) no longer lie in individual development but in the policy of the State, which is thrust upon the individual from outside and consists in the execution of an abstract idea which ultimately tends to attract all life to itself.
Approximate author period: c. 1918 AD · modern
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- C.G. Jung
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- Approximate author period: c. 1918 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Carl Jung: life dates 1875 to 1961. Wikidata Q41532, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41532 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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