Idealism, Alas, Does Not Protect One From

Russell's Prose Has Been Compared By T.s. Eliot To That Of David Hume's. I Would Rank It Higher, For It Had More Color, Juice, And Humor. But To Be Lucid, Exciting And Profound In The Main Body Of One's Work Is A Combination Of Virtues Given To Few Philosophers. Bertrand Russell Has Achieved Immortality By His Philosophical Writings.

Fear Of Death Has Been The Greatest Ally Of Tyranny Past And Present.

A Liberal Education Will Impart An Awareness Of The Amazing And Precious Complexity Of Human Relationships. Since Those Relationships Are Violated More Often Out Of Insensitiveness Than Out Of Deliberate Intent, Whatever Increases Sensitiveness Of Perception And Understanding Humanizes Life.

Those Who Say That Life Is Worth Living At Any Cost Have Already Written An Epitaph Of Infamy, For There Is No Cause And No Person That They Will Not Betray To Stay Alive.

The Next Time Anyone Asks You "what Is Bertrand Russell's Philosophy?" The Correct Answer Is "what Year, Please?"