A Liberal Decalogue - The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell


	A Liberal Decalogue - The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

alironan

9-12-2007 5:12 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c199d50a-b945-477a-b8b8-c9ea59b61b50/46FE37CD-A643-4ECC-96CA-D3B66C974408/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue" href="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue" style="font-size: 11px;">www.davemckay.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.davemckay.co.uk/img/CD575656-A069-4A17-861E-E3E1632BC8CA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue"><P>1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue">9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue">8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent that in passive agreement</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue"><P>2. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue"><P>3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue">4. When you meet with opposition,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue">endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue"><P>5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue"><P>6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell/russell.php?name=a.liberal.decalogue"><P>7. 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