"It has been said that man is a…" — Bertrand Russell

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On dit que l'homme est un animal rationnel. Toute ma vie j'ai cherché des preuves qui pourraient soutenir cela.

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“To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.”

Bertrand Russell

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