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

Nasihat

Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts.

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Bertrand Russell

Nasihat

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

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Bertrand Russell

Nasihat

Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy.

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Bertrand Russell

Nasihat

It is evident as a matter of logic that, since they (world religions) disagree, not more than one of them can be true.

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Bertrand Russell

Doa

And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence

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Bertrand Russell

Doa

Science can teach us, and I think our hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supporters, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make the world a fit place to live.

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Bertrand Russell

Perjuangan

In this lies Man's true freedom: in determination to worship only the God created by our own love of the good.

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Bertrand Russell

Nasihat

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

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Bertrand Russell

Pendidikan

I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and now.

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Bertrand Russell

Nasihat

When a man tells you he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring he is an inexact man.

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Bertrand Russell

Kebahagiaan

The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.

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Bertrand Russell

Kebahagiaan

Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's.

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Bertrand Russell

Kebahagiaan

It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental tastes and desires of those who happen to be our neighbors, or even our relations.

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Bertrand Russell

Persahabatan

To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.

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Bertrand Russell

Kebahagiaan

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

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Harapan

The Victorian Age, for all its humbug, was a period of rapid progress, because men were dominated by hope rather than fear. If we are again to have progress, we must again be dominated by hope.

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Bertrand Russell

Pendidikan

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

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Bertrand Russell

Pendidikan

Neither love without knowledge nor knowledge without love can produce a good life.

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Bertrand Russell

Pendidikan

Change is scientific, ‘progress’ is ethical. Change is indubitable whereas progress is a matter of controversy.

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Bertrand Russell

Kejujuran

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.

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