The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among ph…

Bertrand Russell
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The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm. ✨ 'Mysticism and Logic' (1919)
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The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm. ✨ 'Mysticism and Logic' (1919)

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