Bertrand Russell
British · 1872–1970
British philosopher, logician, and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of analytic philosophy and a tireless advocate for peace.
Wikipedia ↗“The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.”
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“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
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“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
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Popular paraphrase. Russell's actual words in "The Triumph of Stupidity" (1933): "The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
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“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
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