[Buddha-l] Bertrand Russell

Ngawang Dorje rahula_80 at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 10 03:38:52 MDT 2006


Hi,
   
  On page 19, I found this instead:
   
  I think I should put Buddha and Socrates above Him in those respects.
   
  Best wishes,
  Rahula
  

Barnaby Thieme <bathieme at hotmail.com> wrote:
  That quote comes from Russell's famous essay "Why I am Not a Christian", and 
it may be found on page 19 of the book of the same name.

Best,
Barnaby Thieme

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>From: Ngawang Dorje 
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>Subject: [Buddha-l] Bertrand Russell
>Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 04:55:21 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hi,
>
> This passage has been attributed to Bertrand Russell, but I have failed 
>to locate its source. Couldn't find in any of his major works.
>
> "Buddhism is a combination of both speculative and scientific 
>philosophy. It advocates the scientific method and pursues that to a 
>finality that may be called Rationalistic. In it are to be found answers to 
>such questions of interest as: 'What is mind and matter? Of them, which is 
>of greater importance? Is the universe moving towards a goal? What is man's 
>position? Is there living that is noble?' It takes up where science cannot 
>lead because of the limitations of the latter's instruments. Its conquests 
>are those of the mind."
>
> Anybody know the source?
>
> Thanks,
> Rahula
>
>
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