Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary ana…

Bertrand Russell
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Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all, or else to be, in the sense in which we are using the word, logical. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2017). Our Knowledge of the External World, p.20, Jovian Press
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