Bertrand Russell Quote

The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from brutes and adults from children.


The Quotable Bertrand Russell (ed. 1993)


The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from brutes and adults...

The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from brutes and adults...

The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from brutes and adults...

The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from brutes and adults...