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bertrand

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bertrand.

Editorial note

Whether or not that is an ideology I would leave up to Bertrand Russell; I think it isn't.

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Quick take

A male given name.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bertrand gathered in one view.

noun

A male given name.

noun

A surname from French

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bertrand.

noun

A male given name.

noun

A surname from French

Example sentences

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Whether or not that is an ideology I would leave up to Bertrand Russell; I think it isn't.

2

It's told as the story of Bertrand Russell and has a theme of wanting to understand the world through logic and madness.

3

Looks like Bertrand Russell advocated the Four Hour Work Week 70 years ago!

4

I doubt anyone will have trouble finding it, but A History of Western Philosophy is actually by Bertrand Russell.

5

I've been reading Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy, and I just finished the chapters of Hellenistic philosophies.

6

I picked up a copy of a 1943, second edition, hardback copy of Bertrand Russell's An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth.

7

I started reading Bertrand Russell's 'On Denoting' but I'm not really sure it'll help me out (although I haven't finished reading it yet).

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I think bringing Bertrand Russel into this is going a bit far.

9

I suspect the Apache mentors of Groovy such as Roman Shaposhnik, Bertrand Delacretaz, and Emmanuel Lecharny might not fully realize the fabrications they're dealing with.

10

Lawrence, Douglas McArthur, Bertrand Russell, Carl Sagan, etc.

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I think it was Bertrand Russell who said that boredom is an essential part of doing good work and learning to accept it an important part of getting good at something.

12

I don't think philosophers outside the US and Britain ever referred to themselves as 'continental.' Even so Analytic Philosophy was just a reaction against British Hegelians in the later 19th century, starting with Bertrand Russell.

Quote examples

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Perhaps you'd prefer Bertrand Russell's "In Praise of Idleness", which uses clearer language to express much the same sentiments.

2

Bertrand Russell wrote an essay on getting rid of the gold standard called "The Modern Midas".

3

-- Bertrand Russell In short, if it's a "thought-terminating cliche" then the problem may not be in the way it's expressed, but in the way it's interpreted.

4

@Greggman - I like your Heart/Mind example more approachable variant of Bertrand Russell's "The way forward for humanity is compassion guided by knowledge".

Proper noun examples

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We do know that the next prime after N won't be much bigger than N in some sense (see Bertrand's postulate).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bertrand in a sentence?

Whether or not that is an ideology I would leave up to Bertrand Russell; I think it isn't.

What does bertrand mean?

A male given name.

What part of speech is bertrand?

bertrand is commonly used as noun.