The language of science-and especially of a science of man-is, necessarily, anti-individualistic, and hence a threat to human freedom and dignity. (Thomas Szasz)

The language of science-and especially of a science of man-is, necessarily, anti-individualistic, and hence a threat to human freedom and dignity.

Thomas Szasz

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