• The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

  Bertrand Russell
  English philosopher and mathematician 1872-1970
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1. paradoxical
2. something
3. stating
4. believe

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The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. by : Bertrand Russell

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