The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible
Marriage and Morals - Página 58, Bertrand Russell - H. Liveright, 1929, 320 páginas
Bertrand Russell: Citações em tendência (página 4)
Frases em tendência de Bertrand Russell · Leia as últimas citações e frases curtas na coleção“Quanto mais o homem procura apenas que o admirem, mais longe está de conseguir o seu objectivo.”
Variante: Quanto mais o homem procura apenas que o admirem, mais longe está de conseguir o seu objetivo.
The Problems of Philosophy
A Filosofia entre a Religião e a Ciência
Work therefore is desirable, first and foremost, as a preventive of boredom, for the boredom that a man feels when he is doing necessary though uninteresting work is as nothing in comparison with the boredom that he feels when he has nothing to do with his days
The Conquest of Happiness - Página 161, de Bertrand Russell - Publicado por Unwin Paperbacks, 1975 - 191 páginas
The later Wittgenstein, on the contrary, seems to have grown tired of serious thinking and to have invented a doctrine which would make such an activity unnecessary. I do not for one moment believe that the doctrine which has these lazy consequences is true. I realize, however, that I have an overpoweringly strong bias against it, for, if it is true, philosophy is, at best, a slight help to lexicographers, and at worst, an idle tea-table amusement.
Bertrand Russell; My Philosophical Development http://www.archive.org/details/myphilosophicald001521mbp
Isso ilustra o caráter insatisfatório do argumento da Causa Primeira."
It is said (I do not know with what truth) that a certain Hindu thinker believed the earth to rest upon an elephant. When asked what the elephant rested upon, he replied that it rested upon a tortoise. When asked what the tortoise rested upon, he said, "I am tired of this. Suppose we change the subject." This illustrates the unsatisfactory character of the First-Cause argument.
" Is There a God? http://www.cfpf.org.uk/articles/religion/br/br_god.html" (1952), encomendado pela revista ilustrada, mas não publicado até a sua aparição em "The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell", Volume 11: Last Philosophical Testament, 1943-68, ed. John G. Slater e Peter Köllner (London: Routledge, 1997), p. 544
Our parents love us because we are their children and this is an unalterable fact, so that we feel more safe with them than with any one else. In times of success this may seem unimportant, but in times of failure it affords a consolation and a security not to be found elsewhere.
The conquest of happiness - Página 199, Bertrand Russell - H. Liveright, 1930 - 249 páginas
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
The conquest of happiness - Página 157, Bertrand Russell - H. Liveright, 1930 - 249 páginas
If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts I suppose the first effect would be that almost all friendships would be dissolved
The conquest of happiness - Página 114, Bertrand Russell - H. Liveright, 1930 - 249 páginas
If you think that your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument, rather then by persecution, and will abandon it if the argument goes against you. But if your belief is based on faith, you will realize that argument is useless and will therefore result to force either in the form of persecution or by stunting and distorting the minds of the young in what is called education
"Human Society In Ethics and Politics" (1954), citado em "Bertrand Russell's Best", Volume 10 - página 59, Routledge Classics Series, Bertrand Russell's Best, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Russell, Editora Taylor & Francis, 2009, ISBN 0415473586, 9780415473583, 128 páginas
Capítulo 1: O que torna as pessoas infelizes? - Coleção Saraiva de Bolso, página 13.
A conquista da felicidade
Capítulo 1: O que torna as pessoas infelizes? - Coleção Saraiva de Bolso, página 17.
A conquista da felicidade
Capítulo 1: O que torna as pessoas infelizes? - Coleção Saraiva de Bolso, página 17.
A conquista da felicidade
Capítulo 1: O que torna as pessoas infelizes? - Coleção Saraiva de Bolso, página 18.
Escreve Bertrand Russell sobre o narcisismo.
A conquista da felicidade
Capítulo 1: O que torna as pessoas infelizes? - Coleção Saraiva de Bolso, página 19.
A conquista da felicidade
Ou seja, pretende tornar suportável a vida tornando-se menos vivo."
Capítulo 1: O que torna as pessoas infelizes? - Coleção Saraiva de Bolso, página 21.
A conquista da felicidade
Capítulo 2: Infelicidade byroniana - Coleção Saraiva de Bolso, página 22.
A conquista da felicidade
Capítulo 2: Infelicidade byroniana - Coleção Saraiva de Bolso, página 25.
A conquista da felicidade