There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. T…

Bertrand Russell
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There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1971). Ladislas Reymont: Romain Rolland ; Bertrand Russell
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