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M. Scott Peck (1997), The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety page: 25, publisher: Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 978-0-684-83561-7
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One of the major dilemmas we face both as individuals and as a society is simplistic thinking - or the failure to think at all. It is not just a problem, it is the problem.

— M. Scott Peck

What It Means

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About M. Scott Peck

Morgan Scott Peck (22 May 1936 – 25 September 2005) was was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who was most well known for writing the book The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978. He wrote fifteen books in total.