Bertrand Russell Quotes on Knowledge
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and political activist whose work is foundational to 20th-century analytic philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Bertrand Russell on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Bertrand Russell:
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
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Attributed to Bertrand Russell:
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
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Attributed to Bertrand Russell:
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
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Attributed to Bertrand Russell:
“It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true.”
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Attributed to Bertrand Russell:
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty.”
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Attributed to Bertrand Russell:
“Science is what we know and philosophy is what we don't know.”
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Attributed to Bertrand Russell:
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
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Attributed to Bertrand Russell:
“If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinise it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it.”