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I've found that contemporary psychology enrages me with its simplistic ideas of human life, and also its emptiness.

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
Life
Emptiness
Contemporary
Psychology
Found
Also
Ideas
Human
Enrages
Humans
Simplistic

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