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Knowledge is the intellectual manipulation of carefully verified observations.

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
Freud
Carefully
Observation
Intellectual
Knowledge
Verified
Observations
Manipulation

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