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Surveying his life, Carl Jung reflects on the collective unconscious, his clash with Freud and humanity’s uncertain future ...

After fleeing war-torn Liberia, an outsider artist creates haunting portraits while seeking asylum in the Netherlands ...

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The diplomatic intervention by a philosopher on a president shows the extraordinary consequences of unlikely meetings ...

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As the father of twins, I could hardly feel more frazzled. But my brain age might paint a different, more youthful, picture ...