Truth is for the gods; from our human point of view, it is an ideal, t…

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Truth is for the gods; from our human point of view, it is an ideal, towards which we can approximate, but which we cannot hope to reach. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1993). The Quotable Bertrand Russell
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