BERTRAND RUSSELL
‘ $ir-Mr. Mouat asks who has grasped the meaning of the word "is." I think it is true to say that he himself with the rest of us who speak English understands its meaning quite well, without need of recourse to the "concept of God." Otherwise he would not have written, "Russell is right" or stated that free love is morally reprehensible with us. Evidently "is" means something definite for him as well as for those for whom he writes. If not he has consciously said something meaningless. It is surprising how often "philosophers" through speech use an instrument which on their subjectivist principles, relativist notions or sceptical views they are really not entitled to use. It all means that in practice they discard their "philosophy" and become realists adhering to the obvious.. Becoming common place. they display common sense.
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( Greenmeadows).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 531, 26 August 1949, Page 19
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143BERTRAND RUSSELL New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 531, 26 August 1949, Page 19
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