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Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, mathematician, and logician born on May 18, 1872, and died on February 2, 1970. He is known for his contributions to logic and mathematics, particularly in the fields of mathematical logic and philosophical analysis. His works spanned a wide range of subjects, including ethics, political philosophy, history, and literary criticism.

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“You must believe that you can help bring about a better world.”

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“Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so.”

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Book:The Impact of Science On Society

Source: The Impact of Science On Society

“I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.”

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“Mathematics is, I believe, the chief source of the belief in eternal and exact truth, as well as a sensible intelligible world.”

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Book:History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition

Source: History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition

“I am delighted to know that Principia Mathematica can now be done by machinery. . . I am quite willing to believe that anything in deductive logic can be done by machinery.”

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“Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires”

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Book:Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68

Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68

“When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted by what you wish to believe, but look only and surely at what are the facts.”

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“I do not believe that I am now dreaming, but I cannot prove that I am not.”

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Book:Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Value

Source: Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Value

“The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm.”

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“There can't be a practical reason for believing something that is not true.”

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“We believe, first and foremost, what makes us feel that we are fine fellows.”

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Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

“It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary education can take no account of so aristocratic a good. I do not believe this. The joy of mental adventure is far commoner in the young than in grown men and women. ...It is rare in later life because everything is done to kill it during education.”

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Book:Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel

Source: Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel

“There was, I think, never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male, except his superior muscle.”

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Book:Unpopular Essays

Source: Unpopular Essays

About the Author

Born: May 18, 1872
Died: February 2, 1970
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 1351

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