Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays - Bertrand Russell

By Bertrand Russell

Release Date: 1970-02-02

Genre: Fiction & Literature

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Metaphysics, or the attempt to conceive the world as a whole by means of thought, has been developed, from the first, by the union and conflict of two very different human impulses, the one urging men towards mysticism, the other urging them towards science. Some men have achieved greatness through one of these impulses alone, others through the other alone: in Hume, for example, the scientific impulse reigns quite unchecked, while in Blake a strong hostility to science co-exists with profound mystic insight. .
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Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays - Bertrand Russell

By Bertrand Russell

Release Date: 1970-02-02

Genre: Fiction & Literature

4 (6 ratings)
Metaphysics, or the attempt to conceive the world as a whole by means of thought, has been developed, from the first, by the union and conflict of two very different human impulses, the one urging men towards mysticism, the other urging them towards science. Some men have achieved greatness through one of these impulses alone, others through the other alone: in Hume, for example, the scientific impulse reigns quite unchecked, while in Blake a strong hostility to science co-exists with profound mystic insight. .
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