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Quotes from Philosophy for Laymen — Bertrand Russell

1872–1970

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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

Philosophy for Laymen (1946)

The pursuit of philosophy is founded on the belief that knowledge is good, even if what is known is painful.

Philosophy for Laymen (1946)

Knowledge is not so precise a concept as is commonly thought.

Philosophy for Laymen (1946)

There are a number of purely theoretical questions, of perennial and passionate interest, which science is unable to answer, at any rate at present.

Philosophy for Laymen (1946)

The kind of knowledge that gives most help in solving such problems is a wide survey of human life, in the past as well as in the present, and an appreciation of the sources of misery or contentment as they appear in history.

Philosophy for Laymen (1946)

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