 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
There is a special absurdity in applying racial theories to the various populations of Europe. There is not in Europe any such thing as a pure race. ... There is no evidence that there is any advantage in belonging to a pure race. The purest races now in existence are the Pygmies, the Hottentots, and the Australian aborigines;....
The ancient Greeks, on the other hand, emerged from an amalgamation of northern barbarians and an indigenous population; the Athenians and Ionians, who were the most civilized, were also the most mixed. The supposed merits of racial purity are, it would seem, wholly imaginary.
Source: Bertrand Russell : An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish, 1943 Reprinted in: Unpopular Essays, 1950, chapter 7:
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