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Bertrand Russell Quotes

Bertrand Russell quotes about philosophy

British Philosopher May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970

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Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy. Bertrand Russell
(on A History of Western Philosophy) I was sometimes accused by reviewers of writing not a true history but a biased account of the events that I arbitrarily chose to write of. But to my mind, a man without a bias cannot write interesting history - if, indeed, such man exists. Bertrand Russell
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. Bertrand Russell
To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it. Bertrand Russell
To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it. Bertrand Russell
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something..."
Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate between theology and science. Bertrand Russell
We may say, in a broad way, that Greek philosophy down to Aristotle expresses the mentality appropriate to the City State; that Stoicism is appropriate to a cosmopolitan despotism; that stochastic philosophy is an intellectual expression of the Church as an organization; that philosophy since Descartes, or at any rate since Locke, tends to embody the prejudices of the commercial middle class; and that Marxism and Fascism are the philosophies appropriate to the modern industrial state. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of..."
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think..."
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know."
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know. Bertrand Russell

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