We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers.
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It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it.
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Birth: | 25th June, 1908 |
Death: | 25th December, 2000 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Logician, Philosopher |
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