I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In a logically perfect language, there will be one word and no more for every simple object, and everything that is not… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A word is used "correctly" when the average hearer will be affected by it in the way intended. This is a psychological,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the world are to be found in every… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The doctrine (of) maintaining that the language of daily life, with words used in their ordinary meanings, suffices for philosophy . .… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We shall say that we have acquaintance with anything of which we are directly aware, without the intermediary of any process of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I suggest to young professors that their first work should be written in a jargon only to be understood by the erudite… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Written words differ from spoken words in being material structures. A spoken word is a process in the physical world, having an… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Ordinary language is totally unsuited for expressing what physics really asserts, since the words of everyday life are not sufficiently abstract. Only… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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