Bertrand Russell Technique Quotations

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique.

If the West can claim superiority in anything, it is . . . in science and scientific technique.

The philosophies that have been inspired by scientific technique are power philosophies, and tend to regard everything non-human as mere raw material. Ends are no longer considered; only the skillfulness of the process is valued. This also is a form of madness. It is, in our day, the most dangerous form, and the one against which a sane philosophy should provide an antidote