 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.
Source: Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays, 1918, hapter 6: On the Scientific Method in Philosophy.
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