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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:44:07 GMT, artfulbodger
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Cliff wrote:

"The History of Western Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell is well
worth your reading time.


Not really, no. The facts are right there, but they didn't serve his
dogma so they went out the window. When I said "sane" I meant,
"unwilling to skew facts in order to prove his point."

Which, sorry, counts him out.

Note that I don't say he was unreliable on all counts, but where
religious history was concerned, yeah.