The therapeutic promise is that we can transcend limits; the... - Philip Rieff

"The therapeutic promise is that we can transcend limits; the human reality is that we must accept them"

Philip Rieff Wisdom

Sociologist Critic American 1922–2006

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"I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed."

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