Free Inquiry, September 22nd, 1995
The most important points of Bertrand Russell's philosophy deal with a variety of issues. Russell believed that the success of a journey depends on knowledge of the destination, that happiness is not a figment of the mind, that there is no such thing as perfect happiness, that happiness is dependent on a combination of internal and external causes, that fear hinders the good life and that benevolence is a disposition towards helping other people.
Bertrand Russell's writings about happiness touch upon almost every aspect of social and political philosophy. Here I shall be content to outline th...
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