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A man of Seville is shaved by the Barber of Seville if and only if the man does not shave himself. Does the barber shave himself?

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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.
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In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercise their terrorism without illegality, since they do not threaten to kill their enemies, but only to starve them.
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