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To live one's love and hatred, to live that which one is means defeat, resignation, and death. The crimes of society, the hell that man has made or man become unconquerable cosmic forces.

Herbert Marcuse

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Herbert Marcuse
Age: 81 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 19
Died: 1979
Died: July 29
Philosopher
Political Theorist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Berlin
Germany
Cosmic
Means
Forces
Death
Defeat
Become
Hatred
Live
Crime
Mean
Hell
Unconquerable
Made
Society
Resignation
Men
Crimes
Love
Force

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