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To injure another person through atonement is one of the most subtle devices of the neurotic, as when, for example, he indulges in self-accusations.

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
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Atonement
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Neurotic
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