Descartes, the father of modern philosophy ... would never-so he assures us-have been led to construct his philosophy if he had had… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate between theology and science.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Noone has yet succeeded in inventing a philosophy at once credible and self-consistent. Locke aimed at credibility, and achieved it at the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I dislike Nietzsche because he likes the contemplation of pain, because he erects conceit into a duty, because the men whom he… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Philosophy is that part of science which at present people chose to have opinions about, but which they have no knowledge about.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The product of causes ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Any philosophy worth taking seriously would have to be built upon a firm foundation of unyielding despair. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the most thoughtless, and in the absence of knowledge it is almost… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Humanistic ethics is based on the principle that only humans themselves can determine the criterion for virtue and not an authority transcending… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The 'practical' man, as this word is often used, is one who recognizes only the material needs, who realizes that men must… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
As I grew up I became increasingly interested in philosophy, or which [his family] profoundly disapproved. Everytime the subject came up they… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly… — 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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