Bertrand Russell — "The influence of our wishes upon our beliefs is a matter of common knowledge and…"

The influence of our wishes upon our beliefs is a matter of common knowledge and observation, yet the nature of this influence is very generally misconceived... the great mass of beliefs by which we are supported in our daily life is merely the bodying forth of desire, corrected here and there, at isolated points, by the rude shock of facts. Man is essentially a dreamer...
Bertrand Russell — Bertrand Russell Modern · Logic, philosophy, pacifism

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Sceptical Essays, "Dreams and Facts"

Date: 1928

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