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Philosophy does not exist. It is nothing but an hypostatized abstraction.
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
Psychiatrist
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Psychologist
Glasgow
Scotland
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Ronald David Laing
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The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
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When family relations are no longer harmonious, we have filial children and devoted parents.
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Psychological breakdowns are actually breakthroughs to enlightenment.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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