Bertrand Russell on Love, Sex, What “the Good Life” Really Means, and How We Limit Our Happiness – Brain Pickings
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“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Neither love without knowledge, nor knowledge without love can produce a good life.”
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