3 Bertrand Russell Quotes on Influence

Bertrand Russell quotes on influence

120. Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?

152. The quarrel between Hume and Rousseau is symbolic: Rousseau was mad but influential, Hume was sane but had no followers.

216. It is difficult to overstate the extent to which Russell's thought dominated twentieth century analytic philosophy: virtually every strand in its development either originated with him or was transformed by being transmitted through him. Analytic philosophy itself owes its existence more to Russell than to any other philosopher.