Bertrand Russell

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are read more

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

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

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

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the read more

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.

All human activity is prompted by desire.

All human activity is prompted by desire.