Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.


Ch. 6: On the Scientific Method in Philosophy - Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays (1918)

Bertrand Russell Quotes

Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an...

Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an...

Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an...

Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an...