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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Birth: | 18th May, 1872 |
Death: | 2nd February, 1970 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Historian, Mathematician, Philosopher |
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social critic and political activist. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these in any profound sense. He was born in Monmouthshire, into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Britain.
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