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I don’t know about ‘common sense opinion’ by the way. It seems to me that the office of common sense is to keep us from playing cards for high stakes with people we meet on trains, and not to endorse metaphysical opinions.
Peter van Inwagen
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Peter van Inwagen
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 21
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the United States of America
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