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Letter "B" » Bertrand Russell Quotes
«The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
social science, social sciences, the Social Sciences
«To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
achievement, concentrate, considerable, essential
«The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.»
«Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Humanity,
Nature
| Keywords:
constructed, readily
«Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Change
| Keywords:
controversy, ethical, indubitable, Scientific progress
«The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man; neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for a man»
«It is only the intellect that keeps me sane; perhaps this makes me overvalue intellect against feeling»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
against, feeling, intellect, keeps, overvalue, overvalued, perhaps, sane, saner, sanest
«All human activity is prompted by desire»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Desire
| Keywords:
human activity, prompted
«Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory of man.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Thought
| Keywords:
chief, Free World, glory, swift, swiftest, The Chief
«If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate in placing the football first beyond one goal and then beyond the other, no one's happiness would be increased»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Football
| Keywords:
brotherly, brotherly love, co, first team, football team, hitherto, increased, placing, rival, teams, the Football
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