This comparative study of the basic concepts of Freud and Jung is designed to give a comprehensive understanding of Jung's work. The author traces the development of Jung from his initial fascination with Freud's ideas to his gradual liberation from these powerful concepts and the final breakthrough into his own unique theories of man and the cosmos. Jung's fundamental view--that the psyche is a totality of conscious and unconscious elements that seeks to realize itself--stands in sharp contrast to Freud's early view of the psyche as primarily the effect of prior causes. Hence Freud tends to...