Bertrand Russel
Bertrand Russel
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRSwas a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense". He was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United Kingdom...
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One occasion for theological intervention to prevent the mitigation of human suffering was the discovery of anesthetics
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Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is insolence, and belief in human power is impiety
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The splendor of human life, I feel sure, is greater to those who are not dazzled by the divine radiance
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I observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in God and suffers no visible punishment in consequence. And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who
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In order to be happy we require all kinds of supports to our self-esteem. We are human beings, therefore human beings are the purpose of god's creation
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Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived.
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This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate. I will not pretend to obey a government which is organizing a mass massacre of mankind.
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The Platonic Socrates was a pattern to subsequent Philosophers for many ages. As a man, we may believe him admitted to the communion of saints; but as a philosopher he needs a long residence in a scientific purgatory
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When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others
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To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without, being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy in our age can do for those who study it
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We must care about the world of our children and grandchildren, a world we may never see.
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Undoubtedly the desire for food has been, and still is, one of the main causes of great political events
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If we could all live solitary and without labor, we could all enjoy this ecstasy of independence; since we cannot, its delights are only available to madmen and dictators
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I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those who have the tolerance and self-restraint that is required to make it workable