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Bertrand Russell quotes on love

2 verified English passages where Bertrand Russell’ s thought meets questions of love.

Bertrand Russell on love

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) approaches love within analytic philosophy. Logicism holds that mathematics is reducible to logic; type theory aimed to block paradoxes such as Russell’s own. The theory of descriptions analyzes definite descriptions so that empty reference need not posit nonexistent entities. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets love most directly—useful for searches such as “bertrand russell quotes on love.”

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Related themes: Self , Knowledge , Freedom , Nature , Reason , Life .

  1. Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
  2. The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.