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The sad truth is that this is like porn for me.
You should have seen me handle the traycase on Phases Of The Moon when it arrived… I may have been drooling.
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In very abstract studies such as philosophical logic, ... the subject-matter that you are supposed to be thinking of is so exceedingly difficult and elusive that any person who has ever tried to think about it knows you do not think about it except perhaps once in six months for half a minute. The rest of the time you think about the symbols, because they are tangible, for the thing you are supposed to be thinking about is fearfully difficult and one does not often manage to think about it. The really good philosopher is the one who does once in six months think about it for a minute. Bad philosophers never do.Bertrand Russell, Logic and Knowledge-
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