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The question of how and why the encrustations and rigidifications of human emotional life are brought about led directly into the realm of vegetative life.

Wilhelm Reich

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Wilhelm Reich
Age: 60 †
Born: 1897
Born: March 24
Died: 1957
Died: November 3
Academic
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Sex Educator
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Humans
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