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Bertrand Russell Quotes

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power; throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

Source:Optimistic America, in The Herald Tribune Magazine, New York (May 6, 1928)
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  • Name: Bertrand Russell
  • Profession: Polymath, Mathematician, Philosopher
  • Born: May 18, 1872 - February 2, 1970
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