Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a...

Knowledge Sense

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.

- Bertrand Russell

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Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

Belief Man Will

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

- Bertrand Russell

Nothing Life

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

- Bertrand Russell

Progress Opinion Man

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

- Bertrand Russell

Wives Women

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

- Bertrand Russell

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

- Bertrand Russell

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

- Bertrand Russell

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