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There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy?

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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
Musicologist
Philosopher
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Danzig
Alone
Prostitutes
Monogamy
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Sacrifices
Bloody
London
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