More from Bertrand Russell

  1. It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the establishment of an inter…
  2. I do not believe that I am now dreaming, but I cannot prove that I am not. I am, however, quite certain that I am having certain experience…
  3. Aristotle, as a philosopher, is in many ways very different from all his predecessors. He is the first to write like a professor: his treat…
  4. Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it…
  5. I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philos…
  6. All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved…
  7. Science seems to be at war with itself.... Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows naive realism to be false. Therefore…
  8. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

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