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There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.

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Rollo May
Age: 85 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 21
Died: 1994
Died: October 22
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Writer
Character
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Inner
Humans
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Freedom
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