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The small are always dependent on the great they are small precisely because they think they are independent. The great thinker is one who can hear what is greatest in the work of other greats and who can transform it in an original manner.

Martin Heidegger

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Martin Heidegger
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 26
Died: 1976
Died: May 26
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