Number ... should not be understood solely as a construction of consciousness, but also as an archetype and thus as a constituent of nature both without and within.

MarieLouise Von Franz
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Number is a concept that humans have always shared. We understand it as the numeric value of a quantity and we know that quantity as mass, weight, length, and time. From this we can see the number as a part of nature. However, as humans we also understand it as something more than just a part of nature. Humans understand the number as an archetype and as such it is different from nature.

Source: Number And Time: Reflections Leading Towards A Unification Of Psychology And Physics

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