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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

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A sense of timelessness is essential to wisdom [Russell]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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Philosophical disputes are mostly hopeless, because philosophers don't understand each other [Russell]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Philosophical systems are interesting, but we now need a more objective scientific philosophy [Russell]

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Hegel's confusions over 'is' show how vast systems can be built on simple errors [Russell]

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Philosophers sometimes neglect truth and distort facts to attain a nice system [Russell]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Physicists accept particles, points and instants, while pretending they don't do metaphysics [Russell]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 6. Logical Analysis

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When problems are analysed properly, they are either logical, or not philosophical at all [Russell]