Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new.
“Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new.” Bertrand Russell
“Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new.” Bertrand Russell
“Marx’s father became a Christian when Marx was a little boy, and some, at least, of the dogmas he must have then accepted seem to … Read More
“All great books contain boring portions, and all great lives have contained uninteresting stretches.” Bertrand Russell
“Modern life cannot be constructed on . . . physically strenuous principles. A great deal of work is sedentary, and most manual work exercises only … Read More
“Science tells us what we can know, but what we can know is little, and if we forget how much we cannot know we become … Read More
“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 … Read More
“Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a modern man would … Read More
“Do not feel certain of anything.” Bertrand Russell
“Literature is inexhaustible, with every book a homage to infinity” Bertrand Russell
“Every housemaid expects at least once a week as much excitement as would have lasted a Jane Austen heroine throughout a whole novel.” Bertrand … Read More
“In all the creative work that I have done, what has come first is a problem, a puzzle involving discomfort.” Bertrand Russell
“With civilized men…, it is, I think, chiefly love of excitement which makes the populace applaud when war breaks out; the emotion is exactly the … Read More
“Frege has the merit of … finding a third assertion by recognising the world of logic which is neither mental nor physical.” Bertrand Russell
“Undoubtedly the desire for food has been and still is one of the main causes of political events.” Bertrand Russell
“The main thing needed to make men happy is intelligence.” Bertrand Russell
“Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they … Read More
“Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth.” Bertrand Russell
“Nine-tenths of the appeal of pornography is due to the indecent feelings concerning sex which moralists inculcate in the young; the other tenth is physiological, … Read More
“I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics.” Bertrand Russell
“It is impossible to read in America, except on a train, because of the telephone. Everyone has a telephone, and it rings all day and … Read More