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<blockquote data-quote="Sportello" data-source="post: 5947375" data-attributes="member: 55299"><p>Nice. You admit to personal attacks, and you're good to go.</p><p></p><p>It's pretty rich that you would describe Bertrand Russell as a 'crackpot'.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's what Mr Ox left out, the first paragraphs of a long Wiki article;</p><p></p><p><strong>Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell</strong>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_Merit" target="_blank">OM</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" target="_blank">FRS</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-frs-8" target="_blank">[7]</a> (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_intellectual" target="_blank">public intellectual</a>. He had influence on mathematics, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic" target="_blank">logic</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory" target="_blank">set theory</a>, and various areas of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy" target="_blank">analytic philosophy</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-stanford-9" target="_blank">[8]</a></p><p></p><p>He was one of the early 20th century's prominent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic" target="_blank">logicians</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-stanford-9" target="_blank">[8]</a> and a founder of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy" target="_blank">analytic philosophy</a>, along with his predecessor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlob_Frege" target="_blank">Gottlob Frege</a>, his friend and colleague <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._Moore" target="_blank">G. E. Moore</a>, and his student and protégé <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein" target="_blank">Ludwig Wittgenstein</a>. Russell with Moore led the British "revolt against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_idealism" target="_blank">idealism</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-11" target="_blank">Bertrand Russell - Wikipedia</a><strong> Together with his former teacher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead" target="_blank">A. N. Whitehead</a>, Russell wrote <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia_Mathematica" target="_blank">Principia Mathematica</a></em>, a milestone in the development of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_logic" target="_blank">classical logic</a> and a major attempt to reduce the whole of mathematics to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic" target="_blank">logic</a> (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logicism" target="_blank">Logicism</a>). Russell's article "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Denoting" target="_blank">On Denoting</a>" has been considered a "paradigm of philosophy".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[10]</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Russell was a pacifist who championed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-imperialism" target="_blank">anti-imperialism</a> and chaired the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_League" target="_blank">India League</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[12]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-:1-15" target="_blank">[13]</a> He went to prison for his pacifism during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank">World War I</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[14]</a> and initially supported appeasement against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" target="_blank">Adolf Hitler</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" target="_blank">Nazi Germany</a>, before changing his view in 1943, describing war as a necessary "lesser of two evils". In the wake of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank">World War II</a>, he welcomed American global <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony" target="_blank">hegemony</a> in preference to either <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank">Soviet</a> hegemony or no (or ineffective) world leadership, even if it were to come at the cost of using their nuclear weapons.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[15]</a> He would later criticise <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism" target="_blank">Stalinist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism" target="_blank">totalitarianism</a>, condemn the United States' involvement in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" target="_blank">Vietnam War</a>, and become an outspoken proponent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_disarmament" target="_blank">nuclear disarmament</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-Gallery-18" target="_blank">[16]</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In 1950, Russell was awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" target="_blank">Nobel Prize in Literature</a> "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_thought" target="_blank">freedom of thought</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-19" target="_blank">[17]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-20" target="_blank">[18]</a> He was also the recipient of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Morgan_Medal" target="_blank">De Morgan Medal</a> (1932), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Medal" target="_blank">Sylvester Medal</a> (1934), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_Prize" target="_blank">Kalinga Prize</a> (1957), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Prize" target="_blank">Jerusalem Prize</a> (1963).</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's more for the intellectually curious amongst you:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Bertrand_Russell[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sportello, post: 5947375, member: 55299"] Nice. You admit to personal attacks, and you're good to go. It's pretty rich that you would describe Bertrand Russell as a 'crackpot'. Here's what Mr Ox left out, the first paragraphs of a long Wiki article; [B]Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell[/B], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_Merit']OM[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society']FRS[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-frs-8'][7][/URL] (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_intellectual']public intellectual[/URL]. He had influence on mathematics, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic']logic[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory']set theory[/URL], and various areas of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy']analytic philosophy[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-stanford-9'][8][/URL] He was one of the early 20th century's prominent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic']logicians[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-stanford-9'][8][/URL] and a founder of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy']analytic philosophy[/URL], along with his predecessor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlob_Frege']Gottlob Frege[/URL], his friend and colleague [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._Moore']G. E. Moore[/URL], and his student and protégé [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein']Ludwig Wittgenstein[/URL]. Russell with Moore led the British "revolt against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_idealism']idealism[/URL]".[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-11"]Bertrand Russell - Wikipedia[/URL][B] Together with his former teacher [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead']A. N. Whitehead[/URL], Russell wrote [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia_Mathematica']Principia Mathematica[/URL][/I], a milestone in the development of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_logic']classical logic[/URL] and a major attempt to reduce the whole of mathematics to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic']logic[/URL] (see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logicism']Logicism[/URL]). Russell's article "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Denoting']On Denoting[/URL]" has been considered a "paradigm of philosophy".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-12'][10][/URL] Russell was a pacifist who championed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-imperialism']anti-imperialism[/URL] and chaired the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_League']India League[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-13'][11][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-14'][12][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-:1-15'][13][/URL] He went to prison for his pacifism during [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I']World War I[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-16'][14][/URL] and initially supported appeasement against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler']Adolf Hitler[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany']Nazi Germany[/URL], before changing his view in 1943, describing war as a necessary "lesser of two evils". In the wake of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II']World War II[/URL], he welcomed American global [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony']hegemony[/URL] in preference to either [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union']Soviet[/URL] hegemony or no (or ineffective) world leadership, even if it were to come at the cost of using their nuclear weapons.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-17'][15][/URL] He would later criticise [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism']Stalinist[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism']totalitarianism[/URL], condemn the United States' involvement in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War']Vietnam War[/URL], and become an outspoken proponent of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_disarmament']nuclear disarmament[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-Gallery-18'][16][/URL] In 1950, Russell was awarded the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature']Nobel Prize in Literature[/URL] "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_thought']freedom of thought[/URL]".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-19'][17][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#cite_note-20'][18][/URL] He was also the recipient of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Morgan_Medal']De Morgan Medal[/URL] (1932), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Medal']Sylvester Medal[/URL] (1934), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_Prize']Kalinga Prize[/URL] (1957), and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Prize']Jerusalem Prize[/URL] (1963).[/B] Here's more for the intellectually curious amongst you: [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Bertrand_Russell[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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