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“We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.”

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Wilfred Bion was a British psychoanalyst born on September 8, 1897, and died on August 28, 1979. He made significant contributions to the field of psychoanalysis, particularly in the areas of group dynamics and object relations theory. more

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