Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

· 1872 - 1970 · 239 kata bijak

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy.

Bertrand Russell

Cinta

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

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Kepemimpinan

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

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Cinta

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

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Kebahagiaan

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

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Nasihat

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.

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Pendidikan

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

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Keberanian

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

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Keluarga

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

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Kreativitas

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

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Pendidikan

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

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Waktu

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

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Harapan

The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.

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Kreativitas

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

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Perjuangan

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

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Keluarga

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.

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Keluarga

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

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Keluarga

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

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Bertrand Russell

Kreativitas

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.

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Kehidupan

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.

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Keberanian

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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