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Philosoph, Mathematiker, 1950 Nobelpreis für Literatur, sein Werk "Principia Mathematica" gilt als eines der richtungsweisendsten Werke des 20. Jahrhunderts (England, 1872 - 1970).

Lord Bertrand A. W. Russell · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Lord Bertrand A. W. Russell wäre heute 151 Jahre, 11 Monate, 9 Tage oder 55.496 Tage alt.

Geboren am 18.05.1872 in Trellech/Wales
Gestorben am 02.02.1970 in Plas Penrhyn/Wales
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• 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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• 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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• The linguistic philosophy, which cares only about language, and not about the world, is like the boy who preferred the clock without the pendulum because, although it no longer told the time, it went more easily than before and at a more exhilarating pace.

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• The most savage controversies are about those matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

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• The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

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

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• The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.

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• The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things.

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• There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast of it.

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• There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

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• Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

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• To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

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• To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

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• To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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• To realize the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

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• 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 do for those who study it.

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• 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.

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• Too much leisure may prove tiring if people cannot busy themselves in a sensible and interesting way.

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• Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave him prey to boredom.

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• What is needed is not the will to believe but the will to discover.

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