Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (A.J. Ayer) Quotes

I take it, therefore, to be a fact, that one's existence ends with death. I think it possible to show how this fact can be emotionally acceptable.

Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer

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