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“The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.”

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Aeschylus, a renowned Greek tragic poet, is hailed as the 'Father of Tragedy'. His works have had a profound impact on the development of drama, with masterpieces such as 'Prometheus Bound' and 'Agamemnon'. more

“The institution of representative government to us seems an essential part of democracy, but the ancients never thought of it. Its immense merit was that it enabled a large constituency to exert indirect power, and thus made possible the distribution of political responsibility throughout the great states of modern times.”

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Book:The Quotable Bertrand Russell

Source: The Quotable Bertrand Russell

“To the young I should offer two maxims: Don't accept superficial solutions of difficult problems. It is better to do a little good than much harm. I should not offer anything more specific; every young person should decide on his or her own credo.”

Should Littles Persons Two Problem Young Difficult Accepting Youth Offers Solutions Harm Superficial Maxims Difficult Problems Credo

Author:Bertrand Russell

“I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.”

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Author:Alan Hansen

“In his youth, Wordsworth sympathized with the French Revolution, went to France, wrote good poetry and had a natural daughter. At this period, he was a bad man. Then he became good, abandoned his daughter, adopted correct principles and wrote bad poetry.”

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Book:Sceptical Essays

Source: Sceptical Essays

“In a logically perfect language, there will be one word and no more for every simple object, and everything that is not simple will be expressed by a combination of words, by a combination derived, of course, from the words for the simple things that enter in, one word for each simple component.”

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Book:The Philosophy of Logical Atomism

Source: The Philosophy of Logical Atomism

“We shall say that we have acquaintance with anything of which we are directly aware, without the intermediary of any process of inference of any knowledge of truths.”

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Book:The Problems of Philosophy

Source: The Problems of Philosophy

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