Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should read them; those dealing with ethics and politics in blue - and no one should be allowed to read them.
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The suggestion is hyperbolic and may undermine the importance of ethical discourse.
It is impossible to describe Bertrand Russell except by saying that he looks like the Mad Hatter.
He was the most fascinating man I have ever known, the only man I ever loved, the greatest man I shall ever meet, the wittiest, the gayest, the most charming. …
Oh, Bertrand Russell! Oh, Hewlett Johnson! Where, oh where, was your flaming conscience at that time?
Tis impossible to avail our selves of the genuine Powers of Eloquence, without examining in their Elements and first Principles, the Force and Harmony of Numbe…
The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the pl…
Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige, die uns lehrt, uns selbst zu regieren.