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Ninety percent of [contemporary philosophers] see their principle task as that of beating religion out of men's heads. ... We are far from being able to provide scientific basis for the theological world view.
Kurt Gödel
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Kurt Gödel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 28
Died: 1978
Died: January 14
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Brünn
Kurt Friedrich Gödel
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