Jahr
1931
Text
Zhang, Shenfu. Guanyu Luosu. [Betrand Russell]. [ID D28406].
I have been wanting to write something about Bertrand Russell for a long time. He will be 60 years old next May. I very much wanted to write a big, thick book about his thought by way of congratulation. What I have here instead, is sort of a foreword to that project. It is only an expression of my personal interest in Russell. But actually if you stop to think about, what other criteria is there for truth but that of interest, or rather beauty. What is life for, if not for the expression, the fulfillment of interest ? But whether my interests will find an echo among readers is beyond my ability to predict.
When asked what do you like best and would have liked to be Russell answered : 'I would have liked to know physics best and be a physicist'. 'What are you most afraid of ?' 'I fear most becoming a boring companion to my friends'. 'When was the happiest and the most unhappy time in your life ?' 'The unhappiest was the time of my birth. The happiest will probably be when I die'. 'What do you like most and least about yourself ?' What I like the most about myself is that many people like me. What I dislike is that I hate myself'.
I have been wanting to write something about Bertrand Russell for a long time. He will be 60 years old next May. I very much wanted to write a big, thick book about his thought by way of congratulation. What I have here instead, is sort of a foreword to that project. It is only an expression of my personal interest in Russell. But actually if you stop to think about, what other criteria is there for truth but that of interest, or rather beauty. What is life for, if not for the expression, the fulfillment of interest ? But whether my interests will find an echo among readers is beyond my ability to predict.
When asked what do you like best and would have liked to be Russell answered : 'I would have liked to know physics best and be a physicist'. 'What are you most afraid of ?' 'I fear most becoming a boring companion to my friends'. 'When was the happiest and the most unhappy time in your life ?' 'The unhappiest was the time of my birth. The happiest will probably be when I die'. 'What do you like most and least about yourself ?' What I like the most about myself is that many people like me. What I dislike is that I hate myself'.
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