The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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The difference between mind and brain is not a difference of quality, but a difference...

The difference between mind and brain is not a difference of quality, but a difference...

Man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gate of...

Man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gate of...

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it...

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it...

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation...

Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation...

The whole conception of God is a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms.

The whole conception of God is a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the...

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the...

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions,...

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions,...

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

So many men, so little time.

So many men, so little time.

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft, and the only one...

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft, and the only one...

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

If a man talks bad about all women, it usually means he was burned by...

If a man talks bad about all women, it usually means he was burned by...