Bertrand Russell on Knowledge
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βAll definite knowledge β so I should contend β belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between theology and science there is a No Manβs Land, exposed to attack by both sides; this No Manβs Land is philosophy.β
βI hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist β all that is commonly called Science β to be of very slight value compared to the knowledge which, like philosophy and mathematics, is concerned with ideal and eternal objects, and is freed from this miserable world which God has made.β