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01-24-2009, 12:45 PM
Why men fight by Bertrand Russell (1917) (http://www.archive.org/details/whymenfightmetho00russuoft)
Selected readings (http://www.archive.org/download/QuotesFromWhyMenFightByBertrandRussel1917/Whymenfightquotes_20090123.MP3) (audio) from book.
Men fear thought as they fear nothing
else on earth—more than ruin, more even
than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary,
destructive and terrible; thought is
merciless to privilege, established institutions,
and comfortable habits ; thought is anarchic and
lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the
well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks
into the pit of hell and is not afraid. It sees
man, a feeble speck, surrounded by unfathomable
depths of silence; yet it bears itself
proudly, as unmoved as if it were lord of the
universe. Thought is great and swift and free,
the light of the world, and the chief glory of
man. (page 178)
Selected readings (http://www.archive.org/download/QuotesFromWhyMenFightByBertrandRussel1917/Whymenfightquotes_20090123.MP3) (audio) from book.
Men fear thought as they fear nothing
else on earth—more than ruin, more even
than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary,
destructive and terrible; thought is
merciless to privilege, established institutions,
and comfortable habits ; thought is anarchic and
lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the
well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks
into the pit of hell and is not afraid. It sees
man, a feeble speck, surrounded by unfathomable
depths of silence; yet it bears itself
proudly, as unmoved as if it were lord of the
universe. Thought is great and swift and free,
the light of the world, and the chief glory of
man. (page 178)