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13941860 No.13941860 [Reply] [Original]

Is it better for a man to live a lie and be unfulfilled. Or for that man to embrace who and what he is. Even if what that is is horrible?

Does any author touch on this

>> No.13941954

Did Jung ever consider what if an individuals shadow is better than their real selves

>> No.13941960

You cannot live a lie and be fulfilled, and you cannot embrace who and what you are, truly, without becoming fulfilled.
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Child of God by McCarthy

>> No.13942172

>>13941960
Mccarthy.??

>> No.13942184
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13942184

>>13941860
This

>> No.13942204

>>13941860
>Does any author touch on this
Nietzsche, Nietzsche, and fucking Nietzsche. You're describing his beliefs to a T.

>> No.13942213
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>>13942184
In a similar vein, this. Though, in this case it's more "A man WILL embrace who and what he is, it IS horrible, and he WILL live a lie and be unfulfilled."

>> No.13942276

>>13941954
Yes. Jung wrote a lot on this - the shadow is not "bad," it is simply comprised of what we are not aware of - in most people, that happens to be a lot of uncomfortable things because we prefer to repress or ignore what makes us uncomfortable. However, if, for example, someone has low self-esteem, exploring their shadow could reveal to them their own self-worth, that they had been "hiding" from themselves.

>> No.13942308

>>13941860
The Immoralist
Death in Venice

>> No.13942354

I believe The Dwarf.

>> No.13943157

>>13941860
No, that's just silliness.