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What is an intellectual? In general, someone seriously devoted to what used to be called the “life of the mind”: thinking pursued not instrumentally, for the sake of practical goals, but simply for the sake of knowing and understanding.
Gary Gutting
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Gary Gutting
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: November 4
Died: 2019
Died: January 18
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Gary Michael Gutting
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