I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you c…

Bertrand Russell
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I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along. ✨ Bertrand Russell, Robert Charles Marsh (1988). Logic and Knowledge: Essays 1901-1950, p.190, Psychology Press
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No opinion has ever been too errant to become a creed.
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I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along. ✨ Bertrand Russell, Robert Charles Marsh (1988). Logic and Knowledge: Essays 1901-1950, p.190, Psychology Press

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