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The goal of the human soul is conquest, perfection, security, superiority.
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
Conquest
Superiority
Perfection
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Human
Humans
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