Is there such a thing as the universe?

[Hume]

Bertrand Russell says no.

Copleston: But are you going to say that we can't, or we shouldn't even raise the question of the existence of the whole of this sorry scheme of things -- of the whole universe?

Russell: Yes, I don't think there's any meaning in it at all. I think the word "universe" is a handy word in some connections, but I don't think it stands for anything that has a meaning.

Transcript of the Russell/Copleston radio debate

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[Litmus]

Bertrand Russell says no.

Copleston: But are you going to say that we can't, or we shouldn't even raise the question of the existence of the whole of this sorry scheme of things -- of the whole universe?

Russell: Yes, I don't think there's any meaning in it at all. I think the word "universe" is a handy word in some connections, but I don't think it stands for anything that has a meaning.

Transcript of the Russell/Copleston radio debate

Transcript of the Russell/Copleston radio debate

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so retarded.

 

[Hawkeye10]

This looks like yet another thread attempting to divert us from talking about what is going on, the collapse of the American Empire and the enslaving of the masses by the New Slavers.

 

[Hume]

This looks like yet another thread attempting to divert us from talking about what is going on, the collapse of the American Empire and the enslaving of the masses by the New Slavers.

Start your own threads you parasitic jackal.

 

[Hume]

C: Then you would agree with Sartre that the universe is what he calls "gratuitous"?

R: Well, the word "gratuitous" suggests that it might be something else; I should say that the universe is just there, and that's all.

Transcript of the Russell/Copleston radio debate

Transcript of the Russell/Copleston radio debate

www.scandalon.co.uk

 

[Yakuda]

Bertrand Russell says no.

Copleston: But are you going to say that we can't, or we shouldn't even raise the question of the existence of the whole of this sorry scheme of things -- of the whole universe?

Russell: Yes, I don't think there's any meaning in it at all. I think the word "universe" is a handy word in some connections, but I don't think it stands for anything that has a meaning.

Transcript of the Russell/Copleston radio debate

Transcript of the Russell/Copleston radio debate

www.scandalon.co.uk

Yes there is such a thing as the universe and sadly it's filled with filthy hate filled cockroaches like you.

 

[Into the Night]

This looks like yet another thread attempting to divert us from talking about what is going on, the collapse of the American Empire and the enslaving of the masses by the New Slavers.

America is not an empire.
There is no enslaving of the masses. That's not possible.

 

[Into the Night]

Yes there is such a thing as the universe and sadly it's filled with filthy hate filled cockroaches like you.

He's just one cockroach on a tiny insignificant looking speck of dust in the vastness of the Universe. He's a nothing.
At least you and I can appreciate the marvels in the universe for what they are. A cockroach really can't.