"Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid,……" — Bertrand Russell
"Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines."
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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