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Originally Posted by Gnist
Reading about him as a person was in part a revolting experience. But I think it would be foolish to deny his philosophical merits. What I enjoyed the most from him was some examples offered on paradox in his great work on logic and mathematics.
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No contradiction here. I do not deny his philosophical merits. One can be a great mathematician and philosopher and at the same time a scumbag on other accounts.