 | Wayne C. Booth - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1974 - 253 pages
...the Prologue to his Autobiography, probably written when he was well into his nineties, Russell said, "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong,...of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair." Rereading him for this lecture I have again and again wondered how this brilliant, sensitive, torn... | |
 | Ben-Ami Scharfstein Professor of Philosophy Tel-Aviv University - Philosophy - 1980 - 502 pages
...eighty-seven, he speaks of the three simple but overwhelmingly strong passions that governed his life as 'the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.' He says that his search for life is meant to bring ecstasy, to relieve loneliness, and to prefigure... | |
 | Martha Rainbolt, Janet Fleetwood - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1983 - 370 pages
...include effective transitional sentences between your main points, as Russell does. WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong,...of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair. I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy—ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed... | |
 | Judith T. Marcus, Zoltán Tar - Social Science - 1984 - 444 pages
...overwhelmingly strong. have governed my life." wrote Bcrtrand Russell in 29 the prologue to his autobiography. "the longing for love. the search for knowledge. and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind." 1 Such were indeed the passions that governed the lives of all members of the Frankfurt School. Almost... | |
 | John Bowker - Religion - 1993 - 264 pages
...in humanity for that thought. His entire autobiography is held in a bracket of humanistic passion: Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong,...knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind ... I have lived in the pursuit of a vision, both personal and social. Personal: to care for what is... | |
 | Michael Albert, Robin Hahnel - Comparative economics - 1991 - 172 pages
...The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. —Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong,...and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. —Bertrand Russell Autobiography representing their class interests. Defections are important, whether... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 552 pages
.... of a person's mental health. Generous people are rarely mentally ill people. —Karl A. Menninger Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong,...and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. —Bertrand Russdl At the Harvest Festival in church the area behind the pulpit was piled high with... | |
 | Helen Granat - Meditations - 1992 - 140 pages
...God. — Alan Paton The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. - Camus Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong have...the longing for love, the search for knowledge and the unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. — Bertrand Russell British philosopher Every generation... | |
 | David Self - Religious education - 1993 - 326 pages
...listen, you might like to think what similar thoughts or ideals you might have by the end of your life. THREE PASSIONS, SIMPLE but overwhelmingly strong,...of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair. I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy, ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed... | |
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: The longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward... 
