Quote by Bertrand Russell
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic. – Bertrand Russell

Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves. – Bertrand Russell

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Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. – Bertrand Russell

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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years. – Bertrand Russell

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God does not care about our mathematical difficulties; He integrates empirically. – Albert Einstein

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. – Albert Einstein

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Let us grant that the pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit, a refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings. – Alfred North Whitehead

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It is not the job of mathematicians… to do correct arithmetical operations. It is the job of bank accountants. – Samuil Shchatunovski

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