I Would Not Say That I Was, These Days, A 'student' Of Philosophy, Although In My Youth I Was Quite Deeply Involved With Certain Aspects Of The British Pragmatists. - SearchQuotes

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I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.

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