Quote of Bertrand Russell - Whoever wishes to become a philosopher...
Biography - Bertrand Russell:
British philosopher, logician and mathematician.
Born: 1872 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1872 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Quote source: The Problems of Philosophy
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Quotes for: to learn
What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.
You shall learn to laugh. Now, all higher humor begins with this, that one no longer takes one's person seriously.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Quotes for: philosopher
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
Quotes for: absurd
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.
The absurd is born of the confrontation between the human call and the unreasonable silence of the world.
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