Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch …

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Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (1958). Psyche and symbol: a selection from the writings of C. G. Jung, Anchor Books
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