Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that …

Bertrand Russell
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Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1992). The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959, p.406, Psychology Press
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