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When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life.

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Sigmund Freud
Age: 83 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 6
Died: 1939
Died: September 23
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Psychoanalyst
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Freiberg
Sigismund Schlomo Freud
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