Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
On the Nature of Acquaintance: Neutral Monism (1914)
1910s
“… there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables”
— Victor Hugo, book Les Misérables
Source: Les Misérables
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