The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. - Bertrand Russell

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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

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About Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Birth Name: Bertrand Arthur William Russell
Alternative Names: Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell • Bertrand Russell, Earl Russell • Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell • Russell
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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.
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