伯特蘭·阿瑟·威廉·羅素（Bertrand Arthur William Russell，1872年5月18日—1970年2月2日），英國哲學(xué)家、數(shù)學(xué)家、邏輯學(xué)家、歷史學(xué)家、文學(xué)家，分析哲學(xué)的主要創(chuàng)始人，世界和平運(yùn)動的倡導(dǎo)者和組織者，主要作品有《西方哲學(xué)史》《哲學(xué)問題》《心的分析》《物的分析》等。
That “democracy” is a somewhat vague term which I cannot define precisely. We ought to say, therefore: “I am fairly certain that it is a good thing if a government has something of the characteristics that are common to the British and American Constitutions,” or something of this sort.
When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
