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Bertrand Russell Quotes: Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of treachery.
         

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of treachery.


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