Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious.
Carl JungRead
During my medical education at the University of Basle I found vivisection horrible, barbarous and above all unnecessary
Interpretation
What this quote means
Carl Jung criticized vivisection as being cruel and unnecessary during his medical education.
In this quote, Carl Jung reflects on his deep moral objections to the practice of vivisection, which involves performing operations on live animals for experimental purposes. His strong words characterize vivisection not only as inhumane but also as an outdated approach that he deemed unnecessary for medical advancement, highlighting a larger ethical debate surrounding animal rights and scientific practices.
Themes
VivisectionEthicsAnimal RightsCrueltyMedicineEducation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared in discussions about ethics in medical research.
More from Carl Jung
All quotes βThe majority of my patients consisted not of believers but of those who had lost their faith.
Carl JungRead
Complexes are psychic contents which are outside the control of the conscious mind. They have been split off from consciousness and lead a separate existence in the unconscious, being at all times ready to hinder or to reinforce the conscious intentions.
Carl JungRead
We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
Carl JungRead
From the viewpoint of analytic psychology, the theatre, aside from any aesthetic value, may be considered as an institution for the treatment of the mass complex.
Carl JungRead
I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.
Carl JungRead
Similar quotes
It appears that anything you say about the way that theory and experiment may interact is likely to be correct, and anything you say about the way that theory and experiment must interact is likely to be wrong.
Steven WeinbergRead
Interestingly enough, not all feelings result from the body's reaction to external stimuli. Sometimes changes are purely simulated in the brain maps.
Antonio DamasioRead
In my relativity theory I set up a clock at every point in space, but in reality I find it difficult to provide even one clock in my room.
Albert EinsteinRead
Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
Carl SaganRead
Do I get grief for the fact that in communicating, say, about the baboons I'm doing so much anthropomorphizing? One hopes that the parts that are blatantly ridiculous will be perceived as such. I've nonetheless been stunned by some of my more humorless colleagues - to see that they were not capable of recognizing that.
Robert SapolskyRead
Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.
Neil Degrasse TysonRead