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What it means

You cannot improve what you do not see. Before any self-help plan comes honest knowledge of who you are. Jung recommended dreams as one of the few unbiased mirrors.

The source

"Self-knowledge is the ground of all self-education." Carl Jung said it in Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"The indispensable basis of self-education is self-knowledge."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923). 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 "Self-knowledge is the ground of all self-education." mean?
You cannot improve what you do not see. Before any self-help plan comes honest knowledge of who you are. Jung recommended dreams as one of the few unbiased mirrors.
Who said "Self-knowledge is the ground of all self-education."?
Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923).
What is the original wording?
The indispensable basis of self-education is self-knowledge (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.
Is "Self-knowledge is the ground of all self-education." on a shirt?
Yes. We print it to order on our tees in 7 illustrated looks, from $44, with free US shipping.

Cite this line

"Self-knowledge is the ground of all self-education." (Carl Jung, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923), trans. H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/self-knowledge-is-the-ground-of-all-self

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