"A History of Western Philosophy" Quotes
Bertrand Russell’s "A History of Western Philosophy" offers a comprehensive and critical overview of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early twentieth century, highlighting key thinkers, movements, and their historical contexts.
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Quotes
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
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.
To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so.
The love of power is the love of ourselves.
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
The fundamental problem in the political philosophy of modern times is how to control the power of the state and yet preserve the state's vitality and independence.
