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For nature is good, an man is 'by nature' good it is civilization which ruins him

Jostein Gaarder

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Jostein Gaarder
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 8
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Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Oslo
Norway
Ruins
Civilization
Nature
Good
Men

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