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We cannot be studied or cured apart from the planet.
James Hillman
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James Hillman
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 12
Died: 2011
Died: October 27
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Psychologist
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Studied
Apart
Planet
Planets
Cannot
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