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Alienation Quotes by R. D. Laing
- The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man.
- We are born into a world where alienation awaits us. We are potentially men, but are in an alienated state, and this state is not…
- Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
- The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society highly…
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