Thank you Amlan. 'Philosophy of life' ? Wonder if Jung used it in thatsense too, as opposed to world view? I will work on that pronounciation. On 5/19/05, Amlan Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I think it also means "philosophy of life" in German. And it> should be pronounced "velt-an-shh-aoong". I hope I got that> right. Basically, "w" in German is pronounced like "v" in> English and "v" in German is pronounced like "f" in English.> > -Amlan.> > --- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Here is something interesting from Jung.Incidently, does> > anyone know how the world 'Weltanschauung' is pronounced.I> > know it means 'world view', but the way Jung has used it,> > does theword have some special significance in German?> > ***In his 1957 classic, The Undiscovered Self, Carl Jung> > examined indetail Nazi Germany's mass psychosis and the> > dangers of learning "tosubmit absolutely to a collective> > belief." Here is what he observed:> > "The truth is that we don't know for certain whether> > somethingsimilar might happen elsewhere. It would not be> > surprising if it didand if another nation succumbed to ! the> > infection of a uniform andone-sided idea. America…seems to> > be immune because of the outspokencounter-position she has> > adopted, but in point of fact she is perhapseven more> > vulnerable than Europe, since her educational system is> > themost influenced by the scientific Weltanschauung with> > its statisticaltruths; Her mixed population finds it> > difficult to strike roots in asoil that is practically> > without history. The absence of a historicaland humanistic> > education so sorely needed in such a circumstanceleads, on> > the contrary, to a Cinderella existence."> > _______________________________________________> > Assam mailing list> > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu> > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam> >> > Mailing list FAQ:> > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html> > To unsubscribe or change options:> > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam> >> _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
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