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"It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic; they are based on evidence, not on authority or intuition."

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About Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and public intellectual whose work shaped analytic philosophy and modern logic. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 and was an influential peace activist.

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