Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell was a British mathematician, philosopher and logician.
Found 82 thoughts of Bertrand Russell
This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.
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With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.
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Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.
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The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.
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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
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Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.
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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.
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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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In all things it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted.
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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?
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The human race may well become extinct before the end of the century.
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Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instincts can be perceived.
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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
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The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.
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Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.
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Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.
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