Philosophical Assumption
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Essay title: Philosophical Assumption
Philosophical Assumption #2 - Jung
Jung, freedom vs. determinism, rating 4. Explanation: The structure of personality has a complex network of systems that include the ego, personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. These three systems constantly work together within the person in trying to achieve harmony.
Jung, hereditary vs. environmental, rating 3. Explanation: The ego, according to Jung, is one’s conscious mind that selects which perceptions, feelings, and memories are allowed to enter. It is the ego that is responsible for how we perceive ourselves.
Jung, uniqueness vs. universality, rating 5. Explanation: Jung’s concept on the collective unconscious joins people together by dreams, mythology, and cross-cultural data. Human beings are born with various emotions that are found in various societies and have specific archetypes that have universal meaning. The way they interpret or how they express these meanings may vary but the same emotions are shared.
Jung,