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Full Idea
It seems to me that the business of metaphysics is to describe the world.
Gist of Idea
The business of metaphysics is to describe the world
Source
Bertrand Russell (The Philosophy of Logical Atomism [1918], §III)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'Russell's Logical Atomism', ed/tr. Pears,David [Fontana 1972], p.71
A Reaction
At least he believed in metaphysics. Presumably he intends to describe the world in terms of its categories, rather than cataloguing every blade of grass.