[Buddha-l] Bertrand Russell

[libris]

Namaste,

The quote is actually from "A History of Western Philosophy" (1945), however, I'm not sure of the exact page:perhaps someone can help.

Piya

--- Ngawang Dorje <rahula_80 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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 
> >Reply-To: Buddhist discussion forum 
> >To: buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com
> >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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