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Biography - Bertrand Russell:

British philosopher, logician and mathematician.
Born: 1872 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Language serves not only to express thoughts, but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.
Bertrand Russell - Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits


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German
Die Sprache ist nicht nur dazu da, Gedanken auszudrücken, sondern Gedanken zu ermöglichen, die ohne sie gar nicht existieren könnten.
Bertrand Russell - Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits

French
Le langage sert non seulement à exprimer les pensées, mais aussi à rendre possibles des pensées qui ne pourraient exister sans lui.
Bertrand Russell - Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits



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Language can also be compared with a sheet of paper: thought is the front and the sound the back; one cannot cut the front with out cutting the back at the same time; likewise in language, one can neither divide sound from thought nor thought from sound;
Ferdinand de Saussure - Course in General Linguistics



Quotes for: thought


Quotes

Quotes about thought:


Great thoughts come from the heart.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
John Locke - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding / 





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren Kierkegaard / 





Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De oratore / 





The thought of death betrays us, for it makes us forget to live.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 





Lucidity adds beauty to profound thoughts.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 






All about thought...




Quotes for: Language


Quotes

Quotes for: Language


Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations / 





The language of truth is simple.
Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium / 





Language is a source of misunderstanding.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince / 





Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De oratore / 





Language is the house of the truth of Being.
Martin Heidegger / 





Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain / 






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Bertrand Russell also said...


Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
Bertrand Russell - The Problems of Philosophy / 





To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell / 





Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.
Bertrand Russell / 





I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.
Bertrand Russell / 





The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
Bertrand Russell / 





To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Bertrand Russell / 







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