In attempting to understand the elements out of which mental phenomena…

Bertrand Russell
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In attempting to understand the elements out of which mental phenomena are compounded, it is of the greatest importance to remember that from the protozoa to man there is nowhere a very wide gap either in structure or in behaviour. From this fact it is a highly probable inference that there is also nowhere a very wide mental gap. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2016). The Analysis of Mind, p.54, Bertrand Russell
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