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I don't have to agree with everything you say, but I should attempt at least to understand it, for the opposite of mutual understanding is, quite simply, war.

Ken Wilber

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Ken Wilber
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 31
Philosopher
Writer
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kenneth Earl Wilber II
Kenneth Earl Ken Wilber Junior
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