TRUTH OF THE DAY
To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
When Russell was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1950, this book was considered the main reason for the award. The book gave Russell financial independence for the rest of your life