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We have to realize that we are as deeply afraid to live and to love as we are to die.
R. D. Laing
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R. D. Laing
Age: 61 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 7
Died: 1989
Died: August 23
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Existential Therapist
Military Personnel
Military Physician
Non-Fiction Writer
Physician Writer
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Glasgow
Scotland
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Ronald David Laing
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