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Allen W. Wood Quotes: Philosophy is about getting the facts right, but it is also about thinking rightly about them. Philosophy is more about the latter than the former.
         

Philosophy is about getting the facts right, but it is also about thinking rightly about them. Philosophy is more about the latter than the former.


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