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A History of Western Philosophy quotes

Bertrand Russell

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“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
“Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
“To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
“Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
“At the present time, Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill, of Locke.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
“Liberty is the nominal goal of Rousseau's thought, but in fact it is equality that he values, and that he seeks to secure even at the expense of liberty.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
“I dislike Nietzsche because he likes the contemplation of pain, because he erects conceit into a duty, because the men whom he most admires are conquerors, whose glory is cleverness in causing men to die.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy

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