Trying to Understand
Whether or not you always agree with him, Bertrand Russell was one of the great minds of the twentieth century and it is good to see his self-evaluation. Would that we were all so candid!
“I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.”
–Bertrand Russell (Welsh Mathematician, Philosopher, Pacifist and, in 1950, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1872-1970)
“Bertrand Russell Bundle: Autobiography (Routledge Classics)” (Bertrand Russell)
Science and Wisdom
“Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own.”
–Bertrand Russell (Welsh Mathematician, Philosopher, Pacifist and, in 1950, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1872-1970 )
“RC Series Bundle: What I Believe (Routledge Classics)” (Bertrand Russell)
