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We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.

Abdolkarim Soroush

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Abdolkarim Soroush
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 16
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