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War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it.
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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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The taboo against nakedness is an obstacle to a decent attitude on the subject of sex.
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If you question any candid person who is no longer young, he is very likely to tell you that, having tasted life in this world, he has no wish to begin again as a new boy in another.
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If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.
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Philosophy bakes no bread
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I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy.
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True happiness for human beings is possible only to those who develop their godlike potentialities to the utmost.
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All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive.
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Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact.
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The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.
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The Stoic assures us that what is happening now will happen over and over again. [If so, Providende would] ultimately grow weary through despair.
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Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth.
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The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest.
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There are infinite possibilities of error, and more cranks take up fashionable untruths than unfashionable truths.
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No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid, and however unpleasant the truth may be, it is better to face it once and for all, to get used to it, and to proceed to build your life in accordance with it.
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Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone.
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it [is] possible to suppose that, if Russia is allowed to have peace, an amazing industrial development may take place, making Russia a rival of the United States.
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress.
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The camera is as subjective as we are.
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