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To speak a true word is to transform the world.

Paulo Freire

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Paulo Freire
Age: 75 †
Born: 1921
Born: October 19
Died: 1997
Died: May 2
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Philosopher
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Paulo Reglus Neves Freire
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Only through communication can human life hold meaning.
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No reality transforms itself.
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No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models from among the oppressors. The oppressed must be their own example in the struggle for their redemption (Freire, 1970, p. 54).
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