“…potted thinking is easily accepted, is concentrated in form, and has lost the vitamins essential to mental nourishment.”

— Susan Stebbing

As quoted in Thinking to Some Purpose (1939), p. 63

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British philosopher 1885–1943

Susan Stebbing (1885–1943) British philosopher

As quoted in Thinking to Some Purpose (1939), p. 63

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