/lit/ - Literature

https://youtu.be/tP4FDLegX9s

>Do you think there's a practical reason for having a religious belief, for many people?
>There can't be a practical reason for believing what isn't true. Either a thing is true or it isn't. If it is true, you should believe it and if it isn't you shouldn't. If you can't find out whether it is true or whether it isn't, you should suspend judgement.

>Below quote is from the Catholic philosophy section in the History of Western Philosophy
>"The defects of the scholastic method are those that inevitably result from laying stress on 'dialectic'. These defects are: indifference to facts and science, belief in reasoning in matters which only observation can decide, and an undue emphasis on verbal distinctions and subtleties."

What DID he mean by this? I'd also post quotes from his Henri Bergson section but all Russell does is abuse him for being a sneaky continental charlatan. There are too many quotes to post.