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Biography - Bertrand Russell:
British philosopher, logician and mathematician.
Born: 1872 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1872 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
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The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.
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Quotes about poetry:
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
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