Carolina QuotesChance is as relentless as necessity.
Simon Blackburn Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter Three, Free Will, p. 85
- work
- Think (1999)
- year
- 1999
- locator
- p. 85
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“Chance is as relentless as necessity.” Simon Blackburn. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-5D41E23371. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/5d41e23371
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