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«As men begin to grow civilized, they cease to be satisfied with mere tabus, and substitute divine commands and prohibitions»
«All men are scoundrels, or at any rate almost all. The men who are not must have had unusual luck, both in their birth and in their upbringing»
«I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those who have the tolerance and self-restraint that is required to make it workable»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
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democratic government, representative, representative government, restraint, self-restraint, self government, workable
«Furious at his own misery, he sought the cause in the misdeeds of other men, and turned upon them in savage battle, thus magnifying a thousand times the ills that Nature has provide»
«The idea that men are God's children is one which cannot be conveyed to the Trobriand Islanders, since they do not think that anybody is the child of any male»
«The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of another herd. But the man who has travelled, or who has studied international politics, will have discovered that, if he had to prosper, it must, to some»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
foreigners, herd, international politics, regards, travelled, untravelled
«The conscientious Radical is faced with great difficulties. He knows that he can increase his popularity by being false to his creed, and appealing to hatreds that have nothing to do with the reforms in which he believes»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
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conscientious, false face, hatreds, reforms
«The frequency with which a man experiences lust depends upon his own physical condition, whereas the occasion which rouse such feelings in him depend upon the social conventions to which he is accustomed»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
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accustomed, conventions, depend upon, frequency
«The Platonic Socrates was a pattern to subsequent Philosophers for many ages. As a man, we may believe him admitted to the communion of saints; but as a philosopher he needs a long residence in a scientific purgatory»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
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purgatory, residence, residences, subsequent
«This is a pretty fable, and I will not deny that it is logically possible, but that is the utmost that I will concede.»
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