Public-Domain Audiobook
Carl Spitteler’s Prometheus and Epimetheus
A free public-domain audio selection in which Jung discusses Carl Spitteler’s mythic poem Prometheus and Epimetheus.
About This Recording
Jung uses Spitteler’s mythic figures to explore opposed attitudes and the psychological significance of imaginative literature. The selection is useful background for readers studying Jung’s use of myth in Psychological Types.
It is item 02 in a multi-author Short Nonfiction Collection rather than a standalone audiobook.
Listening Guide
Pair this selection with the relevant discussion in Psychological Types. Keep Spitteler’s literary work distinct from Jung’s psychological interpretation of it.
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Psychological Types
Jung’s psychological types combine two attitudes—introversion and extraversion—with four functions: thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition.
Introversion
Introversion is a Jungian attitude in which conscious energy and motivation give greater priority to the subject’s inner impressions, ideas, and standpoint.
Extraversion
Extraversion is a Jungian attitude in which conscious energy and motivation give greater priority to external people, events, objects, and shared conditions.
