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“A free man - is a man who is free internally. As all other people, externally he or she depends on society. Internally he or she is independent. A society can become liberated externally - from oppression, but it can become free only when the majority of people are free internally.”

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Simon Soloveychik

Simon Soloveychik was a prominent philosopher born in 1930 and passed away in 1996. His philosophical thoughts were deeply influenced by existentialism and phenomenology, which had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy. more

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