russell's paradox, n.All

Russell's paradox (n.) could ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠stand over the propositions of logic like a monument with a Janus head.

Gottlob ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Frege received Bertrand Russell's paradox, which wrecked his life's work, just as it was going to press.

Russell's paradox (n.) disquiets ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not as a contradiction but as a cancerous growth, sprouting aimlessly and senselessly from the normal body.