(December 28, 2009 at 4:08 pm)binny Wrote: That old guy seems pretty smart
Ya think? That old guy is Bertrand Russell, arguably the best [and most influential] philosopher of his generation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell
I read 'Why I Am Not a Christian' in 1972. Although Russell did not change my basic position, his ideas are expressed so lucidly and so elegantly,he did help me crystalise my views .--having read Russell, who was a first rate thinker is why I'm relatively underwhelmed by Dawkins and Hitchens who are not..