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Quote by Gabriel Marcel

“Being and having in our society teaches us how to take possession of things, when it should rather initiate us in the art of letting go. For there is neither freedom nor real life without an apprenticeship in letting go.”

Quote by Gabriel Marcel

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Gabriel Marcel was a French philosopher born on December 7, 1889, and died on October 8, 1973. His philosophical thoughts were deeply influenced by existentialism, particularly focusing on the meaning of individual existence and the essence of human experience. more

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