Man is a rational animal – so at least I have been told. Throughout a …

Bertrand Russell
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Man is a rational animal – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favour of this statement, but so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it, though I have searched in many countries spread over three continents. ✨ Unpopular Essays.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. ✨ Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42, p.443, Psychology Press
Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Unpopular Essays, p.62, Routledge
Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2004). Sceptical Essays, p.67, Psychology Press
Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless.
Ethical metaphysics is fundamentally an attempt, however disguised, to give legislative force to our own wishes. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2015). Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays, p.97, Booklassic

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