Tuesday, February 12, 2013

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Bertrand Russell

Today's quote is by the brilliant philosopher, social essayist, pacifist and Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Bertrand Russell:

"Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent."

 

The abolition of slavery, anyone?
The rights of women, anyone?
The equal rights of gays and lesbians, anyone?

How true are his words?

On a day in which I have already posted my opinions on this little thing called civilzation, the words of this towering colossus of an intellect, this most moral man and most eloquent philosopher, could not be more pertinent - or true.

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