Not theories: your own creative individuality must decide.

What it means

Jung told educators that no method can tell them what to do with a particular person. Knowledge helps, but judgment is yours. In your own life too, theories advise and you decide.

The source

"Not theories: your own creative individuality must decide." Carl Jung said it in Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture III. Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"Not theories, but your own creative individuality alone must decide."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture III. Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "Not theories: your own creative individuality must decide." mean?

Jung told educators that no method can tell them what to do with a particular person. Knowledge helps, but judgment is yours. In your own life too, theories advise and you decide.

Who said "Not theories: your own creative individuality must decide."?

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture III.

What is the original wording?

Not theories, but your own creative individuality alone must decide (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

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