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Quotation from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
“Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known to be true, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves”
The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter XV (Project Gutenberg text)
The opening of the book's final summary of the value of philosophy.
Citation: "Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known to be true, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves" — Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter XV (Project Gutenberg text). (id russell-problems-of-philosophy-q7)
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