But it seems to me to be an imperfection in things of beauty, and a weakness in man, if an explanation from the shallow-side has a destructive effect. The horror which we feel for Freudian interpretations is entirely due to our own barbaric or childish naivete, which believes that there can be heights without corresponding depths, and which blinds us to the really "final" truth that, when carried to extremes, opposites meet. C.g. Jung
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A person who believes that one explanation is the only correct explanation is naïve and childish. The "final truth" that Freud discovered is that everything (or at least most things) has both a deep and a shallow side. Not all explanations need to be the same. Some explanations may be better than others, and some may be better than others depending on how they are applied.

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