The Life of Bertrand RussellThe eloquent and intimate biography of one of the most significant figures of the last century. Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and won the Nobel Prize for literature. Born into the high world of the Whig aristocracy, among people for whom Waterloo was still almost a personal memory, Russell lived to inspire the campaign against nuclear warfare. He was imprisoned in 1918 for his Pacifism. Ronald Clark, with access to a mass of material, provides a fascinating and graphic portrait of the man. There is virtually no aspect of Russell's long life to which something new - and often unexpected - is not added by this remarkable and incisive book. |
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... he needed a new private secretary. 'I am not sure, but it might be worthwhile for Bertram [sic] to try whether he liked the post', he wrote. 'Unfortunately, we are not going into our Lodge in the Phoenix Park for a couple of months or more ...
... he needed a new private secretary. 'I am not sure, but it might be worthwhile for Bertram [sic] to try whether he liked the post', he wrote. 'Unfortunately, we are not going into our Lodge in the Phoenix Park for a couple of months or more ...
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... wrote to Alys, 'but as long as we are able to marry December 14, I wish nothing better for her than a speedy death.' It had long been planned that he should return to England for a brief weekend to address the Apostles early in November ...
... wrote to Alys, 'but as long as we are able to marry December 14, I wish nothing better for her than a speedy death.' It had long been planned that he should return to England for a brief weekend to address the Apostles early in November ...
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... I have been seeing a great deal, and I liked him better and better', he wrote to Bob Trevelyan. 'His mind is exquisitely active. True it has as yet perhaps not got beyond picking up one moss-grown stone after the other to see what is ...
... I have been seeing a great deal, and I liked him better and better', he wrote to Bob Trevelyan. 'His mind is exquisitely active. True it has as yet perhaps not got beyond picking up one moss-grown stone after the other to see what is ...
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... he subsequently modified his view and clarified it greatly.' During the next few years Russell cycled a great deal in Italy – 'about as enjoyable as any travelling I have ever done', he wrote ... He went on foot over the Alps, through the ...
... he subsequently modified his view and clarified it greatly.' During the next few years Russell cycled a great deal in Italy – 'about as enjoyable as any travelling I have ever done', he wrote ... He went on foot over the Alps, through the ...
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Ronald Clark. twice I asked her to kiss me, but she refused.' After a visit to ... he spent a good deal of time, and almost as close to his cousin Lady Mary ... wrote. 'Gradually I found that most of what is philosophically important in ...
Ronald Clark. twice I asked her to kiss me, but she refused.' After a visit to ... he spent a good deal of time, and almost as close to his cousin Lady Mary ... wrote. 'Gradually I found that most of what is philosophically important in ...
Contents
Principia Mathematica | |
The New Romantic | |
A Long March Downhill | |
Start of an Experiment | |
End of an Experiment | |
The American Ordeal | |
A Member of the Establishment | |
The Last Attachment | |
Towards a Short War with Russia? | |
Into the New World | |
Ottoline | |
Enter Wittgenstein | |
Ebbing Tide | |
An American Adventure | |
Against the Stream | |
Into Battle | |
Colette | |
From War to Peace | |
TurningPoint | |
The Genesis of Protest | |
The Rise of Ralph Schoenman | |
The Enigmatic Friendship | |
Once More His Own | |
Private Memorandum concerning Ralph | |
Sources and Bibliography | |
Notes and References | |
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