Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, a…

Carl Jung
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Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (1981). The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Structure and dynamics of the psyche
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