Those of you who admire Bertrand Russell, what is your opinion of his?

Question

statement: The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.

Answer 1

Betrand Russell worked in symbolic logic and analytic philosophy. These people are famous for sitting around in their offices and only talking to other philosophers....not having a good check on reality. I understand that Russell did more than this - he was actually a humanitarian. But I don't think that Russell has more credibility talking about ethics than anyone else with such experiences..

I am an American Pragmatist myself and I would say that you have to be critical of the world and recognize the problems....but be happy that you do have the power to think positively and help to resolve them.

Answer 2

honest but have less vocabulary

Answer 3

Please cite the published work of Mr. Russell from which you took the quote as it does not sound like the philosophy of Mr. Russell.

thanks.

Answer 4

Bertie is spot on.

Answer 5

what are you talking about, this did not come from russel  name the quote and show it

Answer 6

Well it didn't come from Bertrand Russell.

Answer 7

This philosophy is the basics of how to live a simple life in the middle of a complicated world. It's not trying to put the world down, or even give false hope...just understand that there's a cruel world out there so don't be caught off guard. To walk around dreaming the world is perfect and nothing can go wrong, is asking for your dreams to be shot down. However to realize the world is hard and to prepare yourself, and still achieve your goals makes the prize that much sweeter.

Answer 8

Absurd. He mistakes his own psychological dysfunction for an objective reality.