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"A knowledge of the forces that rule society, of the causes that have produced its upheavals, and of society's resources for promoting healthy progress has become of vital concern to our civilization"
- Wilhelm Dilthey
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Wilhelm Dilthey
between November 19, 1833 and October 1, 1911. He/she was a famous
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