 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Where danger is real the impersonal kind of feeling that philosophy should generate is the best cure. Spinoza, who was perhaps the best example of the way of feeling of which I am speaking, remained completely calm at all times, and in the last day of his life preserved the same friendly interest in others as he had shown in days of health. ... I do not pretend that such a man will always be happy. ... but I do think that the true philosopher is less likely than others are to suffer from baffled despair and fascinated terror in the contemplation of possible disaster.
Source: Bertrand Russell: A Philosophy of Our Time (1953)
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