The self is the goal of life.

What it means

For Jung the self is the whole person, conscious and unconscious together, and it grows only slowly and with effort. It is the point of the journey. Success, status and comfort are along the way, not the destination.

The source

"The self is the goal of life." Carl Jung said it in Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. IV 'The Mana Personality'. Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"Thus the self is also the goal of life, because it is the most complete expression of that fateful combination we call individuality."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. IV 'The Mana Personality'. 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 "The self is the goal of life." mean?

For Jung the self is the whole person, conscious and unconscious together, and it grows only slowly and with effort. It is the point of the journey. Success, status and comfort are along the way, not the destination.

Who said "The self is the goal of life."?

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. IV 'The Mana Personality'.

What is the original wording?

Thus the self is also the goal of life, because it is the most complete expression of that fateful combination we call individuality (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

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