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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

Source:Essay 2. Philosophy for Laymen
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  • The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
  • I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
  • Uncertainty and danger are always closely allied; thus making any kind of an unknown world a world of peril and evil possibilities.

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Bertrand Russell (Unpopular Essays Quotes)
  • Book: Unpopular Essays
  • Writer: Bertrand Russell
  • Genre: Philosophy, Essays
  • Published: 1950
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