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A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in the idioms appropriate to another. To explore a myth is accordingly not to deny the facts but to re-allocate them. - Gilbert Ryle

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Philosopher, 1900 - 1976

Author Keywords: Philosopher


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Emile Cioran , Roger Scruton, Claude Arien Helvetius, Richard Whately, C E M Joad

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