To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is …

Bertrand Russell
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To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a cricket club to survive when all of its members are dead. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1997). Religion and Science, p.143, Oxford University Press, USA
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