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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Russell, an atheist, had nothing but scorn for the Christian faith. In ''A History of Western Philosophy'', he dismisses the works of the scholastics like Creator/ThomasAquinas, claiming that the philosopher should start with an unadorned mind and follow the argument whither it goeth, whereas Aquinas and the scholastics start with the existential antecedent that the Christian faith is true and work from there. In his eyes, what they are doing is actually theology, which "is not philosophy, but special pleading", and therefore philosophically worthless.
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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Russell, an atheist, had nothing but scorn for the Christian faith.faith and religion in general. In ''A History of Western Philosophy'', he dismisses the works of the scholastics like Creator/ThomasAquinas, claiming that the philosopher should start with an unadorned mind and follow the argument whither it goeth, whereas Aquinas and the scholastics start with the existential antecedent that the Christian faith is true and work from there. In his eyes, what they are doing is actually theology, which "is not philosophy, but special pleading", and therefore philosophically worthless. He also believed that the Christian faith is an enemy of moral progress, as detailed here:
-->''"You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress of humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step toward the diminution of war, every step toward better treatment of the colored races, or even mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the organized churches of the world. I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world."''
-->''"You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress of humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step toward the diminution of war, every step toward better treatment of the colored races, or even mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the organized churches of the world. I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world."''
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* OlderThanTheyThink: He was a scathing critic of religion whose writings wouldn't be out of place among the [[HollywoodAtheist New Atheists]].[[invoked]]
-->''"You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress of humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step toward the diminution of war, every step toward better treatment of the colored races, or even mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the organized churches of the world. I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world."''
* PlatoIsAMoron: Expressed in ''A History of Western Philosophy''. Russell took his time to say that he did not think highly of Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, or Creator/{{Aristotle}}. Likewise, he was dismissive of medieval philosophers like Creator/ThomasAquinas, claiming that they were theologians first and foremost who started with the existential antecedent that the Christian faith is true and therefore produced nothing of philosophical value.
-->''"You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress of humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step toward the diminution of war, every step toward better treatment of the colored races, or even mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the organized churches of the world. I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world."''
* PlatoIsAMoron: Expressed in ''A History of Western Philosophy''. Russell took his time to say that he did not think highly of Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, or Creator/{{Aristotle}}. Likewise, he was dismissive of medieval philosophers like Creator/ThomasAquinas, claiming that they were theologians first and foremost who started with the existential antecedent that the Christian faith is true and therefore produced nothing of philosophical value.
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-->''"You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress of humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step toward the diminution of war, every step toward better treatment of the colored races, or even mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the organized churches of the world. I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world."''
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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: In ''A History of Western Philosophy'', Russell, an atheist, dismisses the works of the scholastics like Creator/ThomasAquinas. He claims that the philosopher should start with an unadorned mind and follow the argument whither it goeth, whereas Aquinas and the scholastics start with the existential antecedent that the Christian faith is true and work from there, which "is not philosophy, but special pleading". Thus, what the likes of Aquinas are doing is actually theology and, therefore, philosophically worthless.
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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Russell, an atheist, had nothing but scorn for the Christian faith. In ''A History of Western Philosophy'', Russell, an atheist, he dismisses the works of the scholastics like Creator/ThomasAquinas. He claims Creator/ThomasAquinas, claiming that the philosopher should start with an unadorned mind and follow the argument whither it goeth, whereas Aquinas and the scholastics start with the existential antecedent that the Christian faith is true and work from there, there. In his eyes, what they are doing is actually theology, which "is not philosophy, but special pleading". Thus, what the likes of Aquinas are doing is actually theology and, therefore, pleading", and therefore philosophically worthless.
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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: In ''A History of Western Philosophy'', Russell, an atheist, dismisses the works of the scholastics like Creator/ThomasAquinas. He claims that the philosopher should start with an unadorned mind and follow the argument whither it goeth, whereas Aquinas and the scholastics start with the existential antecedent that the Christian faith is true and work from there, which "is not philosophy, but special pleading". Thus, what the likes of Aquinas are doing is actually theology and, therefore, philosophically worthless.
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* PlatoIsAMoron: Expressed in ''A History of Western Philosophy''. Russell took his time to say that he did not think highly of Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, or Creator/{{Aristotle}}. Likewise, he was dismissive of medieval philosophers like Creator/ThomasAquinas, claiming that they were theologians first and foremost and therefore produced nothing of philosophical value.
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* PlatoIsAMoron: Expressed in ''A History of Western Philosophy''. Russell took his time to say that he did not think highly of Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, or Creator/{{Aristotle}}. Likewise, he was dismissive of medieval philosophers like Creator/ThomasAquinas, claiming that they were theologians first and foremost who started with the existential antecedent that the Christian faith is true and therefore produced nothing of philosophical value.
