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The greatest power one human being can exert over others is to control their perceptions of reality, and infringe on the integrity and individuality of their world. This is done in politics, in psychotherapy.
The greatest power one human being can exert over others is to control their perceptions of reality, and infringe on the integrity and individuality of their world. This is done in politics, in psychotherapy.
Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
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- Philip K. Dick
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- Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
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