Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously. ✨ …

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Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously. ✨ Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42, p.336, Psychology Press
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