Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

English philosopher and mathematician

Lived from: 1872 - 1970

Category: Philosophers | Scientists Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 18 may 1872 Died: 2 february 1970

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  • Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.
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  • Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
    Bertrand Russells best: silhouettes in satire
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  • Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.
    Logical and Philosophical Papers, 1909-13
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  • Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never.
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  • Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.
    The Conquest Of Happiness
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  • Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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  • Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
    The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
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  • Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?
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  • Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love.
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  • Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
    An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish: A Hilarious Catalogue of Organized and Individual Stupidity
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  • Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
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  • Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves.
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  • Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
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  • Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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  • 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.
    Unpopular Essays
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  • Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.
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  • Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
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  • Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all, or else to be, in the sense in which we are using the word, logical.
    Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy
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  • Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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  • Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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