Wishing to prove oneself right is the usual motive for scholarship. - Robert Anton Wilson

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Wishing to prove oneself right is the usual motive for scholarship.

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About Robert Anton Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson (18 January 1932 – 11 January 2007) was an American novelist, essayist, absurdist philosopher, futurist, and guerilla ontologist, most famous for his satirical work (with Robert Shea), The Illuminatus! Trilogy.

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Alternative Names: Robert Edward Wilson
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