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Carl Gustav Jung
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology Section section-0203
Section 203 of 508
Canonical reference section-0203
English
Various; edited by Constance E. Long
The first of these is that psychoanalysis is nothing but a somewhat deep and complicated form of anamnesis. Now it is well known that the anamnesis is based upon the evidence supplied by the patient's family, and upon his own conscious self-knowledge, revealed in reply to direct questions. The psychoanalyst naturally develops his anamnesic data as carefully as any other specialist; but this is merely the patient's history, and must not be confused with analysis. Analysis is the reduction of an actual conscious content of a so-called accidental nature, into its psychological determinants. This process has nothing to do with the anamnesic reconstruction of the history of the illness.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Le premier est que la psychanalyse ne serait rien d'autre qu'une forme quelque peu approfondie et compliquée d'anamnèse. Or, il est bien connu que l'anamnèse repose sur les renseignements fournis par la famille du patient et sur la connaissance consciente qu'il a de lui-même, révélée en réponse à des questions directes. Le psychanalyste recueille naturellement ses données anamnestiques avec autant de soin que tout autre spécialiste ; mais il ne s'agit là que de l'histoire du patient, qu'il ne faut pas confondre avec l'analyse. L'analyse est la réduction d'un contenu conscient actuel, de nature dite accidentelle, à ses déterminants psychologiques. Ce processus n'a rien à voir avec la reconstruction anamnestique de l'histoire de la maladie.
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