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Bertrand Russell   /bˈərtrənd rˈəsəl/   Listen
Bertrand Russell

noun
1.
English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970).  Synonyms: Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell, Russell.






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"Bertrand russell" Quotes from Famous Books



... pardon had no more violent opponents—and it was the same everywhere. The tyranny of public opinion is an engine of oppression, invented by the modern State, and much more despotic than itself. In times of war certain women have proved, its most ferocious instruments. Bertrand Russell cites the case of an unfortunate man, conductor on a tramway, married, with children, and honourably discharged from the army, who killed himself on account of the insults and persecutions of the women of Middlesex. ...
— Clerambault - The Story Of An Independent Spirit During The War • Rolland, Romain

... understood by most unbelieving folk because most unbelievers do not think through to a conclusion the implications of their own skepticism. We may well be thankful even in the name of religion for a few people like Bertrand Russell. He is not only irreligious but he is intelligently irreligious, and, what is more, he possesses the courage to say frankly and fully what irreligion ...
— Christianity and Progress • Harry Emerson Fosdick



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