A Liberal Decalogue: Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments of Teaching | Brain Pickings The most important part of which is : The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows: Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
Still here, thanks. The OP is simply a quote of Bertrand Russell making one of his less controversial statements. No questions are asked, and nothing is asserted about linking the statement to matters of current debate. Unsurprising that it has inspired no response.
what is a fools paradise? without goggling i can only think of it as unsustainable paradise. other than that who are we to to judge.
if you fancy an argument. have you noticed the superior audience north of the boarder on the likes of Q.T and big questions of late as apposed to say.. other parts of the united kingdom. :smile:
Not sure whether they are superior but they are certainly more vocal and generally bolshy, which I quite like. So no prospect of any argument there.
