Bertrand Russell — Philosophical Quotes

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Bertrand Russell Quotes

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

Philosophical

“It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of life , and that unless contemplation of eternal things is preserved, mankind will become no better than well-fed pigs.”

Dignity Pigs Devotion

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

Philosophical

“Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife.”

May Reason One Direction

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Philosophical

“The axiomatic method has many advantages over honest work.”

Honest Advantage Method

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Philosophical

“Is the set of all sets which are not members of themselves a member of itself?”

Members

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Philosophical

“A world without delight and without affection is a world destitute of value.”

World Delight

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Philosophical

“Protagoras did not know if the gods exist, but he held in any case they ought to be worshiped. Philosophy, according to him, had nothing edifying to teach, and for the survival of morals we must rely upon the thoughtlessness of the majority and their willingness to believe what they had been taught.”

Believe Philosophy Rely Upon

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Philosophical

“The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is a difficult one for most people to maintain; indeed, the science of one generation has already become the tradition of the next”

People Mind Next

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Philosophical

“In a logically perfect language, there will be one word and no more for every simple object, and everything that is not simple will be expressed by a combination of words, by a combination derived, of course, from the words for the simple things that enter in, one word for each simple component.”

Simple Perfect Language

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Philosophical

“The essence of education is that it is a change effected in the organism to satisfy the operator.”

Art Philosophy Essence

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Philosophical

“The whole realm of thought and opinion is utterly unsuited to public control; it ought to be as free, and as spontaneous as is possible. The state is justified in insisting that children shall be educated, but it is not justified in forcing their education to proceed on a uniform plan and to be directed to the production of a dead level of glib uniformity.”

Children Levels Uniforms

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Philosophical

“To choose one sock from each of infinitely many pairs of socks requires the Axiom of Choice, but for shoes the Axiom is not needed.”

Choices Shoes Pairs

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Philosophical

“The supreme maxim in scientific philosophising is this: wherever possible, logical constructions are to be substituted for inferred entities.”

Logical Construction Entity

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