Jung based on Aristotle

Aristotle,. De Anima

III VI

For the thinking soul images [φαντασια - phantasia] take the place of direct perceptions; and when it asserts or denies that they are good or bad it avoids or pursues them.  Hence, the soul never thinks without a mental image.


III VIII

When the mind is actively aware it is necessarily aware of it along with an image; for images are sensuous contents except that they contain no matter.

Aristotle, On the Soul, Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, 1957.

Benjamin on the Novel vs Storytelling- Information - the novel-information as debased

 From the storyteller:  [this was written in the 1930s, amazing] Every morning, news reaches us, from around the globe.  And yet we lack rem...