I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a ph…

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I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2008). The God Delusion, p.107, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2008). The God Delusion, p.107, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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