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Education is suffering from narration sickness.

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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To speak a true word is to transform the world.
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The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.
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A fact which is not denied but whose truths are rationalized loses its objective base. It ceases to be concrete and becomes a myth created in defense of the class of the perceiver.
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