BertrandRussell
Threepassions, simplebutoverwhelminglystrong, havegovernedmylife: thelongingforlove, thesearchforknowledge, , likegreatwinds, haveblownmehitherandthither, inawaywardcourse, overagreatoceanofanguish, reachingtotheveryvergeofdespair.
Ihavesoughtlove, first, becauseitbringsecstasy—, next, becauseitrelievesloneliness—, becauseintheunionofloveIhaveseen, inamysticminiature, , andthoughitmightseemtoogoodforhumanlife, thisiswhat—atlast—Ihavefound.
, butnotmuch, Ihaveachieved.
Loveandknowledge, sofarastheywerepossible, , victimstorturedbyoppressors, helplessoldpeopleahatedburdentotheirsons, andthewholeworldofloneliness, poverty, , butIcannot, andItoosuffer.
, andwouldgladlyliveitagainifthechancewereofferedme.
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1)Howdoyouunderstandtheword “passions”whichRusselldevelopedoverthecourseofhislifeandwhichhadasignificantinfluenceonthewayhelived?
2)Russellexpressedthethesisinthefirstparagraph? Whatisit?
3)Explaininyourownwordseachofthesupportingideas—topicsentences—inParagraphs2, ?
4)Howdothesethreepassionsrelatetothethesis?
5)InwhatwaysdidRussellmakesuretolimithisessay’slength? Whatrhetoricaldevicesdidheemploy?
: CompareRussell’spassionsforlifeandthoseofyoursandyourpartner’s, andthengivereasonsforeachofthesepassions.
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