 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Some men are so impressed by what science knows that they forget what it does not know; others are so much more interested in what it does not know than in what it does that they belittle its achievements.... ... there are a number of purely theoretical questions, of perennial and passionate interest, which science is unable to answer, at any rate at present.
Do we survive death in any sense? .. Has the universe a purpose? ... Is our emphasis upon life mere parochialism and self-importance?
To keep alive the interest in such questions, and to scrutinise suggested answers, is one of the functions of philosophy.
Source: Bertrand Russell : Philosophy for Our Time (1953)
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