“Torture, as the art of discovering the truth, is barbaric nonsense; it is the application of a material means to a spiritual end.” MeanArtEndsSpiritualMaterialsTruth IsTortureNonsenseApplicationDiscoveringBarbaricDiscovering The Truth Book:Baudelaire, His Prose and Poetry Source: Baudelaire, His Prose and Poetry
“I am looking forward very much to getting back to Cambridge, and being able to say what I think and not to mean what I say: two things which at home are impossible. Cambridge is one of the few places where one can talk unlimited nonsense and generalities without anyone pulling one up or confronting one with them when one says just the opposite the next day.” ThinkingMeanTwoHomeAbleNextImpossibleOppositesTwo ThingsNonsensePullingUnlimitedNext DayLooking ForwardConfrontingCambridgeGeneralities Book:The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The private years, 1884-1914 Source: The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The private years, 1884-1914