Aristotle's metaphysics, roughly speaking, may be described as Plato diluted by common sense. He is difficult because Plato and common sense do not mix easily.
Bertrand RussellNeither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce.
Bertrand RussellEmphatic and reiterated assertion, especially during childhood, produces in most people a belief so firm as to have a hold even over the unconscious.
Bertrand RussellThe demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children for a picnic on a doubtful day, they will demand a dogmatic answer as to whether it will be fine or wet, and be disappointed in you when you cannot be sure.
Bertrand RussellHistorically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.
Bertrand RussellThe tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was โgivenโ by a foreign power to another people for the creation of a new state. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With every new conflict their numbers increased. How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
Bertrand Russell