"We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only a half-truth."
— Carl Jung
We Should Not Pretend To Understand
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only a half-truth.
About this quote
From Psychological Types (Collected Works, Vol. 6), Para. 856, first published in 1921. The book devotes substantial attention to the tension between the rational (thinking and judging) and irrational (feeling and sensation) psychological functions. Jung was challenging the Enlightenment assumption that reason alone is the proper instrument of knowledge, arguing that feeling — the evaluative, relational function — is an equally valid mode of apprehension. He distinguished feeling from mere emotion: feeling, for Jung, is a rational function that orients us to value, just as thinking orients us to truth. The "half-truth" he warns against is a worldview that honours one without the other.
Source
Psychological Types (CW 6), Para 856
