Bertrand Russell — Philosophical Quotes

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Bertrand Russell Quotes

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

Philosophical

“Neither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce.”

Should Dogma Acquiescence

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

Philosophical

“Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.”

Race Belief Divine

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Philosophical

“Escape from boredom is one of the really powerful desires of almost all human beings.”

Powerful Desire

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Philosophical

“Choose your parents wisely.”

Parent

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Philosophical

“The Ten Commandments should be headed like an examination paper: No more than six to be attempted.”

Paper Six Examination

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Philosophical

“When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people do not hold their opinions with passion; they hold them calmly, and set forth their reasons quietly. The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction.”

People Passion Fear

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Philosophical

“What men really want is not knowledge but certainty.”

Men Want

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Philosophical

“What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.”

Knows Mankind

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Philosophical

“The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernel of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education.”

Opinion Adults Instinct

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Philosophical

“A man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which he belongs.”

Men Groups Determined

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Philosophical

“I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.”

Believe Ego

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Philosophical

“Indemnity for the past and security for the future.”

Past Future

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