转自新浪博客兽性和人性：http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_54e596d901019x3o.html
罗素1959年在接受BBC采访时，应主持人要求，对千年以后人类所说的话。
BBC记者： “最后一个问题。假定这段录像，将如同死海古卷一样，在一千年后，被我们的后人看到，那么，罗素勋爵，您觉得您有什么该对他们那一代人说的呢？有关您的一生，以及一生以来的感悟的。”
罗素： “我想要说两点，第一关于智慧，第二关于道德。关于智慧，我想对他们说的是：
不管你在研究什么事物，还是在思考任何观点，要问你自己“事实是什么”,以及“这些事实所证实的真理是什么”？永远不要让自己被自己希望相信的或者据信有社会效益的东西所迷惑，要眼见为实，要判断什么才是事实。这就是我想说的关于智慧的一点。
至于我想对他们说的有关道德的一点，十分简单。我要说，爱是明智的，恨是愚蠢的。在这个日益紧密相连的世界，我们必须学会容忍彼此，我们必须学会接受这样一个事实——总会有人说出我们不想听的话。只有这样，我们才有可能共同生存。假如我们想要共存，而非共亡，我们就必须学会这种宽容与忍让，因为它们对于人类在这个星球上的存续，是至关重要的。”
注：网上类似的文章和翻译也有不少，但多数关于智慧的部分翻译不准确，现已经重新翻译。
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英文：
Bertrand Russell had two things he wanted to say to people of the future
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In 1959, BBC interview with British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell
One last question, if this film is looked by descendants in thousand years of time. What would you think it’s worth telling future generations about the life you’ve lived and the lessons you’ve learned from it?
I should like to say two things: one intellectual and one moral. The intellectual thing I should want to say is this: When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe, or by what you think would have beneficent social effect if it were believed. But look only, and solely at what are the facts. This is the intellectual thing that I should wish to say. The moral thing I should like to say to them is very simple. I should say love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way and If we are to live together and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to continuation of human life on this planet.
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