“It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.” Bertrand Russell
2007-09-08 01:50:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
It's a bit like Mohandas K. Gandhi's reply when he was asked on his 1930s trip to London what he thought about western civilization: "I think it would be a good idea".
BTW, the next time you see one of those peace symbols that looks a bit like the hood ornament on a Mercedes-Benz, think of Bertrand Russell. That peace symbol is actually the stylized logo of the Committee For Nuclear Disarmament, a group he helped create.
2007-09-08 04:36:03 · answer #1 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DesertViiking's answer puts me in mind of the post game interview with a football coach whose team had taken a drubbing.
A reporter asked the coach "what did you think of the defense's execution?"
The coach responded "I'm in favor of it."
2007-09-08 04:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So true, so true. Oh, to be able to find this rational animal.
2007-09-08 01:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Mary G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True but we all think we are. and everyone else is wrong.{wired wrong}
2007-09-08 03:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋