by Bertrand Russell
- Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
- Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
- Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
- When you meet with opposition, even if it is from your family, endeavour to overcome it with argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
- Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
- Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do, the opinions will suppress you.
- Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
- Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
- Be scrupulously truthful even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
- Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.
-- from “Reflections on Ethics”
伯特蘭德.羅素：自由思想十誡：
一、凡事不要抱絕對(duì)肯定的態(tài)度； 二、不要試圖隱瞞證據(jù)，因?yàn)樽C據(jù)最終會(huì)被暴露； 三、不要害怕思考，因?yàn)樗伎伎偰茏屓擞兴a(bǔ)益； 四、有人與你意見相左時(shí)，應(yīng)該用爭論去說服他們，而不是用權(quán)威去征服，因?yàn)榭繖?quán)威取得的勝利是虛幻而自欺欺人的； 五、不用盲目地崇拜任何權(quán)威，因?yàn)槟憧偰苷业较喾吹臋?quán)威； 六、不要用權(quán)力去壓制你認(rèn)為有害的意見，因?yàn)槿绻悴扇褐?，其?shí)只說明你自己受到了這些意見的壓制； 七、不要為自己持獨(dú)特看法而感到害怕，因?yàn)槲覀儸F(xiàn)在所接受的常識(shí)都曾是獨(dú)特看法； 八、與其被動(dòng)地同意別人的看法，不如理智地表示反對(duì)，因?yàn)槿绻阈抛约旱闹腔郏敲茨愕漠愖h正表明了更多的贊同； 九、即使真相并不令人愉快，也一定要做到誠實(shí)，因?yàn)檠谏w真相往往要費(fèi)更大力氣； 十、不要嫉妒那些在蠢人的天堂里享受幸福的人，因?yàn)橹挥写廊瞬乓詾槟鞘切腋！?/div>
by Bertrand Russell
- Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
- Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
- Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
- When you meet with opposition, even if it is from your family, endeavour to overcome it with argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
- Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
- Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do, the opinions will suppress you.
- Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
- Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
- Be scrupulously truthful even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
- Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.
-- from “Reflections on Ethics”
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