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Sceptical Essays Quotes

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. - Bertrand Russell (Sceptical Essays Quotes)

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Source:Essay 10. The Recrudescence of Puritanism
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Bertrand Russell (Sceptical Essays Quotes)
  • Book: Sceptical Essays
  • Writer: Bertrand Russell
  • Genre: Philosophy, Essays
  • Published: 1928
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