Quote of Bertrand Russell - The fundamental concept in social science...
Biography - Bertrand Russell:
British philosopher, logician and mathematician.
Born: 1872 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1872 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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(French, German)
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Quotes for: concept
Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.
Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals.
Quotes about power:
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
Quotes for: energy
The Law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.
Blessed is he who has overcome all passions and then proceeds energetically to perform his duties under all circumstances careless of success! Let the motive lie in the deed, not in the outcome.
Bertrand Russell also said...
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