My interests drew me in different directions. On the one hand I was powerfully attracted by science, with its… — Carl Jung
My interests drew me in different directions. On the one hand I was powerfully attracted by science, with its truths based on facts; on the other hand I was fascinated by everything to do with comparative religion. [...] In science I missed the factor of meaning; and in religion, that of empiricism.
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