Bertrand Russell - Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (1950)

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Uploaded by on May 27, 2010

Two short clips from Russell's 1950 Nobel Prize Acceptance speech. Unfortunately, the whole clip is not accessible on the Internet. The full text is available at http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1950/russell-lecture.....

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  • A man may act from the sense of duty, and not desire to do so! He may consider his sense of duty to be a value above any desire he may have. If you asked any man who is sacrificing himself for his moral duty if he desires to do so he might well say "No." Desire is that we wish to do, duty is that we have to do.

  • this is so inspiring ...

  • @KLeHuray

    Unfortunately, I can't locate (on the Net at least) the full version of either this speech, or Russell saying the Prologue from his Autobiography in audio format, that you're referring to. I think you were alluding to the snippets which are included in the YT video 'The Three Passions of Bertrand Russell'. Apparently, that video is based on a three part video series on Russell by TVO, but haven't been able to locate that either.

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