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The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life, a religion or religion-surrogate to live by and understand by, in about the same sense that he needs sunlight, calcium or love.

Abraham Maslow

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Abraham Maslow
Age: 62 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 8
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Brooklyn
New York
Abraham Harold Maslow
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