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Reason cannot save us, nothing can but reason can mitigate the cruelty of living.
Philip Rieff
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Philip Rieff
Age: 83 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 15
Died: 2006
Died: July 1
Cultural Critic
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Chicago
Illinois
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