It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
― Bertrand Russell
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Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.
― Bertrand Russell
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Lol. Maybe he was only looking in the mirror.
He is quite brilliant though. One of my favorites.
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Thank you for a lovely quote from my favourite philosopher
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“Look, I’m no Bertrand Russell. I’m just a cab driver.” Peter Boyle. TAXI DRIVER, 1975. The last moment in US cultural history when a regular person might make a passing reference to Bertrand Russell.
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Not rational but sea of evidence to prove that we rationalise our every act. Clever!!!






