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The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and unfulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler
Age: 67 †
Born: 1870
Born: February 7
Died: 1937
Died: May 28
Ophthalmologist
Psychiatrist
Psychotherapist
Vienna
Austria
Struggle
Incompleteness
Humanity
Uninterrupted
Feeling
Inferiority
Individual
Recognized
Sense
Individuals
Feelings
Clearly
Life
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Rules

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