The mind of the most rational among us may be compared to a stormy ocean of passionate convictions based upon desire, upon which float perilously a few tiny boats carrying a cargo of scientifically treated beliefs.


The Scientific Outlook, Chapter I (p. 11), George Allen & Unwin. 1931

Bertrand Russell Quotes

The mind of the most rational among us may be compared to a stormy ocean of passionate convictions based upon desire, upon which float perilously a...

The mind of the most rational among us may be compared to a stormy ocean of passionate convictions based upon desire, upon which float perilously a...

The mind of the most rational among us may be compared to a stormy ocean of passionate convictions based upon desire, upon which float perilously a...

The mind of the most rational among us may be compared to a stormy ocean of passionate convictions based upon desire, upon which float perilously a...