Only the man who is modern in our meaning of the term really lives in the present; he alone has a present-day consciousness, and he alone finds that the ways of life which correspond to earlier levels pall upon him.
 Carl Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933). copy citation

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Author Carl Jung
Source Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Topic consciousness present
Date 1933
Language English
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Note Translated by W. S. Dell and Cary F. Baynes
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