This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only ve…

Bertrand Russell
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This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.
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I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Unpopular Essays, p.73, Routledge
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. ✨ Sceptical Essays. Book by Bertrand Russell, Ch. 12: Free Thought and Official Propaganda, 1928.
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This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.

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