On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may come to know, and on the other hand to keep us modestly aware of how much that seems like knowledge isn't knowledge

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out...

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out...

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are...

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are...

Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the most thoughtless, and in...

Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the most thoughtless, and in...

No man treats a motor car as foolishly as he treats another human being. When...

No man treats a motor car as foolishly as he treats another human being. When...

Sin is geographical.

Sin is geographical.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain...

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain...

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live...

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live...

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means...

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means...

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I do so hate to leave this world

I do so hate to leave this world

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...