Bertrand Russell - What is wanted is not the will to believe, but t

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

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Russell, Bertrand. Free Thought and Official Propaganda. Watts & Co., 1922, p. 13.

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About the Author

Bertrand Russell

Born: May 18, 1872
Died: February 2, 1970
Nationality: British
Profession: Philosopher

Biography

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell OM FRS was a British polymath, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate. Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential and widely known intellectual figures of the twentieth century. In 1950 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his extensive contributions to world literature and for his “rationality and humanity, as a fearless champion of free speech and free thought in the West.“

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