Bertrand Russell1872–1970The quotations of
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician
1872–1970
105 quotes, most often on Anti-Religion, Philosophy and Thinking. Part of the Philosophers collection.
- The Philosophy of Logical Atomism (1918)
- A History of Western Philosophy (1945), Introductory, p. xiv.
- Unpopular Essays (1950), Chapter IV, Part iii, p. 74.
I should say that the universe is just there, and that is all.
BBC Radio Debate on the Existence of God, Bertrand Russell v. Frederick Copleston (1948)Philosophy seems to me on the whole a rather hopeless business.
Letter to Gilbert Murray, December 28, 1902Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
The Problems of Philosophy (1912)- Theory of Knowledge (1913)
- Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits (1948), Part III, chapter II, “Solipsism”, p. 196
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
On the Nature of Acquaintance: Neutral Monism (1914)
