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Naturalism and materialism mean essentially the same thing.

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Philip Johnson
Age: 98 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 8
Died: 2005
Died: January 25
Architect
Art Historian
Cleveland
Ohio
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
Phillip Johnson
Naturalism
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There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.
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