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We\u2019ll begin by trying to uncover the occluded tradition of vitalism (or\u00a0Lebensphilosophie) in German philosophy, before considering in more detail the life and works of Ludwig Klages \u2013 a thinker who once described himself as \u201cthe most plundered author of the present age.\u201d Yet it could be argued that Jung, far from \u201cplundering\u201d the work of his neighbour on the other side of the lake, conspicuously ignored him for the most part. Why was this? Next we shall turn to examine some of the \u201csignature concepts\u201d of Klagesian philosophy, which demonstrate striking affinities with \u2014 yet significant differences from \u2014 key notions in Jung\u2019s analytical psychology. Can Jung and Klages help mutually illuminate each other, and in what sense can they be said to validate the principle once articulated by Goethe that \u201cthe point of life is life\u201d? 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