| Blogs > sparkleflit > My Blog |
|
FEAR OF THOUGHT.... "Men fear thought more than they fear anything else on Earth, more than pain, more than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible. Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits. Thought is anarchic and lawless,indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages...But if thought is to become a possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear that holds men back...fear lest their cherished beliefs should prove delusions, fear lest the institutions by which they live should prove harmful, fear lest they themselves should prove less worthy of respect than they have supposed themselves be." Bertrand Russel |
|||||||
|
 .....
| ||||||
|
I'm re posting the blog in comments because the site keeps removing key words.... Men fear thought more than they fear anything else on Earth, more than pain, more than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible. Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits. Thought is anarchic and lawless,indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages...But if thought is to become a possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear that holds men back...fear lest their cherished beliefs should prove delusions, fear lest the institutions by which they live should prove harmful, fear lest they themselves should prove less worthy of respect than they have supposed themselves be." Bertrand Russel.
| ||||||
|
|
×
×