Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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If today were a fish I'd throw it back

If today were a fish I'd throw it back

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The root of the matterï¿½ the thing I meanï¿½ is love, Christian love, or compassion....

The root of the matterï¿½ the thing I meanï¿½ is love, Christian love, or compassion....

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be...

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be...

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

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

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

Sin is geographical.

Sin is geographical.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it...

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more...

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with...

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with...

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is...

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is...

With money you can buy a house, but not a home With money you can...

With money you can buy a house, but not a home With money you can...