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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell by Russell, Bertrand
Category: Biography Memoir
Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. One of the most influential figures of the 20th century, he transformed philosophy and can lay claim to being one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and was imprisoned several times as a result of his p ...Show more
The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell, Earl
Category: Health and Wellbeing
In The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out of the seemingly inescapable malaise so prevalent even in safe and prosperous Western societies. More t ...Show more
The Good Citizen's Alphabet by Bertrand Russell
Category: Humour
`E: Erroneous: Capable of being proved true'; `J: Jolly: The downfall of our enemies'; `M: Mystery: What I understand and you don't' . . . Enter the delightful, satirical world of the Good Citizen, according to one of the best-known writers and philosophers of modern times. In this pocket-sized book, Be ...Show more
The Philosophy of Logical Atomism by Russell Bertrand
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics
Logical Atomism is a philosophy that sought to account for the world in all its various aspects by relating it to the structure of the language in which we articulate information. In The Philosophy of Logical Atomism,Bertrand Russell, with input from his young student Ludwig Wittgenstein, developed the ...Show more
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Category: Education
The Problems of Philosophy (1912) is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics: If it is uncertain ...Show more
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Category: Philosophy and Religion
'Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?' Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we might deal with them in ordinary life, but critically, after analysing how and why the questions arise and ...Show more
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Category: Culture
Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle, and one of the most important philosophers of the past two hundred years. "The Problems of Philosophy, " one of the most popular works in Russell's prolific collection of writings, has become core reading in philosophy. Clear and access ...Show more
The Scientific Outlook by Bertrand Russell
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Routledge Classics
According to Bertrand Russell, science is knowledge; that which seeks general laws connecting a number of particular facts. It is, he argues, far superior to art, where much of the knowledge is intangible and assumed. In The Scientific Outlook, Russell delivers one of his most important works, exploring ...Show more
Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Routledge Classics
A classic collection of Bertrand Russell's more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell's most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to "combat... the growth in Dogmatism", on first publication in 1950 it met with critical acclaim and a ...Show more
What I Believe by Bertrand Russell
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Great Minds
Bertrand Russell is widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a brilliant writer and commentator on social and political affairs. What I Believe offers a lucid and concise insight into Russell's thinking on issues that preoccupied him throughout his life: atheism, ...Show more
What I Believe by Bertrand Russell
Category: Philosophy and Religion
"Nothing is sacred. Sex, morality, politics, society - all are fair game for Bertrand Russell's acerbic with and keen eye. With What I Believe, first published in 1925, Russell took on organized religion. Along with Why I am not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell ...Show more
Why I am not a Christian: and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects by Bertrand Russell
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Routledge Classics
'Why I am not a Christian' is considered one of the most blasphemous philosophical documents ever written, and at a time when we have faith schools and wars over religious beliefs, its message today couldn't be more relevant. If religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always b ...Show more