 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
I was sometimes accused by reviewers of writing not a true history but a biased account of the events that I arbitrarily chose to write of. But to my mind, a man without a bias cannot write interesting history if, indeed, such a man exists. I regard it as mere humbug to pretend to lack of bias. Moreover, a book, like any other work, should be held together by its point of view.
Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.2 chap. 6: America, 1968.
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Some people sometimes criticize Russell's writings for not being written in an objective manner, but they largely miss the point. In theoretical philosophy, Russell writes so objectively and logically that it becomes tiresome for the reader. In history and the social sciences, however, no one can present an interesting and compelling theory without preconceptions and preconceived notions. There must always be a point of view or basic idea that one believes to be correct, and one must base one's argument on that. Authors who feign objectivity without any preconceptions or preconceived notions cannot be trusted at all.
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