The first effect of emancipation from the Church was not to make men t…

Bertrand Russell
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The first effect of emancipation from the Church was not to make men think rationally, but to open their minds to every sort of antique nonsense ✨ Bertrand Russell (2013). History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition, Routledge
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