Image by J. F. Horrabin, via Wikimedia Commons
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” — Bertrand Russell
Our hearts go out to the families and friends who lost loved ones in Orlando this morning.
Related Content:
Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Living in a Healthy Democracy
Listen to ‘Why I Am Not a Christian,’ Bertrand Russell’s Powerful Critique of Religion (1927)
Bertrand Russell and F.C. Copleston Debate the Existence of God, 1948
He said that with such certainty.
I think we can be certain he was neither fool nor fanatic.
He didn’t know that the fools and fanatics were psychologically conditioned and selected for their positions, so we’d ignore the wiser ones.
The wiser ones are psychologically conditioned also, by constantly giving them reasons to doubt (making them think more).