Bertrand Russell
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born
May 18, 1872
died
February 02, 1970
gender
male
place of birth
Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales, The United Kingdom
influences
Gottfried Leibniz, David Hume, G.E. Moore, John Stuart Mill, Wittgenstein, Thomas Paine
about this author
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a Welsh philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, pacifist, and prominent rationalist. Although he was usually regarded as English, as he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died..
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought."
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quotes by Bertrand Russell
"There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it."
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
