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The primary false belief is anthropocentrism.
The world was not created for humans, there is no invisible sky super-intelligence that gave us a divine right to destroy the only planet humans will ever inhabit. Logically, we can't possibly be more
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trusted
5y
Philosophy 0150
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear #BertrandRussell
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america
5y
Philosophy 0143
In America money is the accepted measure of brains #BertrandRussell
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intelligent
5y
Philosophy 0142
If people aren't intelligent, they'll believe what they've been told & may do harm in spite of genuine benevolence #BertrandRussell
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contrary
5y
Philosophy 0130
If opinion contrary to yours makes you angry, you're subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking it #BertrandRussell
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sceptics
5y
Philosophy 0127
Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them #BertrandRussell
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envious
5y
Philosophy 0119
Instead of deriving pleasure from what he has, the envious person derives pain from what others have #BertrandRussell
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intelligent
5y
Philosophy 0115
The fact is, one cannot be intelligent merely by choosing opinions #BertrandRussell
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evidence
5y
Philosophy 0114
Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith" #BertrandRussell
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fearing
5y
Philosophy 0113
The man who thinks himself virtuous in fearing an angry God will soon begin to see virtue in submission to earthly tyrants #BertrandRussell
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envious
5y
Philosophy 0110
The envious person wishes to inflict misfortune & do so whenever he can with impunity #BertrandRussell
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discourage
5y
Philosophy 0105
Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed #BertrandRussell
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boasting
5y
Science 0105
What physicist active in 1900 would dream of boasting his opinions had not changed during last half century? #BertrandRussell
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opinions
5y
Philosophy 092
Opinions held for sound reasons have less emotional unity than opinions of dogmatists #BertrandRussell
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society
5y
Philosophy 090
Society will be produced with all important positions won by those whose stupidity enables them to please the herd #BertrandRussell
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history
6y
Philosophy 082
The history of #wars should be a small part of what is taught in history #BertrandRussell
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habit
6y
Philosophy 080
I have been accused of habit of changing opinions. I'm not in any degree ashamed of having changed my opinions #BertrandRussell
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absence
6y
Philosophy 074
Long as men aren't trained to withhold judgment in absence of evidence, they'll be led astray by cocksure prophets #BertrandRussell
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intelligent
6y
Philosophy 053
The intelligent man is not the man who holds such-and-such views but the man who has sound reasons for what he believes and yet does not believe it dogmatically #BertrandRussell
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opinion
6y
Philosophy 051
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric #BertrandRussell Ten Commandments
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