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The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud
Age: 83 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 6
Died: 1939
Died: September 23
Essayist
Neurologist
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Freiberg
Sigismund Schlomo Freud
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Civilization
Greatest
Liberty
Individual
Individuality
Gift

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