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As you know, Bergson pointed out that there is no such thing as disorder but rather two sorts of order, geometric and living.

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Jean Piaget
Age: 84 †
Born: 1896
Born: August 9
Died: 1980
Died: September 16
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Jean William Fritz Piaget
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