Russell Bertrand(1872 - 1970) - znany brytyjski matematyk i logik, znany też ze swojego zaangażowania w sprawy polityczne, pacyfista, przeciwnik zbrojeń atomowych, laureat literackiej Nagrody Nobla w 1950 roku. Jako ciekawostkę zanotować warto pełne jego nazwisko (pleno titulo): Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell Of Kingston Russell, Viscount Amberley Of Amberley And Of Ardsalla. Cytaty: 55 1 2 3 > #335[en] Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #700 (Autobiography)[en] 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. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #702[en] Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #703[en] The Christian view that all intercourse outside marriage is immoral was, as we see in the above passages from St. Paul, based upon the view that all sexual intercourse, even within marriage, is regrettable. A view of this sort, which goes against biological facts, can only be regarded by sane people as a morbid aberration. The fact that it is embedded in Christian ethics has made Christianity throughout its whole history a force tending towards mental disorders and unwholesome views of life. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #704[en] Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth, more than ruin, more even than death....Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #8058[en] It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #8059[en] 9.To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #10138[en] 'Change' is scientific, 'progress' is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #13955[en] Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #14155 (Sceptical Essays,)[en] What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #14831[en] 'Change' is scientific, 'progress' is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #14832[en] In all things it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #14833[en] It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #14834[en] One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #14835[en] The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #15555[en] "The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world." (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #16274[en] 'Change' is scientific, 'progress' is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #16275 (in Sceptical Essays, 1928)[en] What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #16276[en] In all things it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #16277[en] It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #16278[en] One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #16279[en] The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #17931[en] 123.War does not determine who is right -- only who is left. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) #17932[en] 124.I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. (komentuj)(dodaj nowe tłumaczenie) 1 2 3 > |