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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... statement that at the beginning of their relationship he was 'dubious of ever begetting a child' may be significant. 'Gossip', adds this statement, 'has put upon his alleged numerous.
... statement that at the beginning of their relationship he was 'dubious of ever begetting a child' may be significant. 'Gossip', adds this statement, 'has put upon his alleged numerous.
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Ronald Clark. 'Gossip', adds this statement, 'has put upon his alleged numerous love affairs an entirely false interpretation. I believe that he always hoped that a sufficiently strong attraction to some woman would overcome his ...
Ronald Clark. 'Gossip', adds this statement, 'has put upon his alleged numerous love affairs an entirely false interpretation. I believe that he always hoped that a sufficiently strong attraction to some woman would overcome his ...
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... statement that the Axioms had to be taken for granted was one of Russell's early disillu-sionments. 'At these words my hopes crumbled', he remembered; '... why should I admit these things if they can't be proved?' His brother warned ...
... statement that the Axioms had to be taken for granted was one of Russell's early disillu-sionments. 'At these words my hopes crumbled', he remembered; '... why should I admit these things if they can't be proved?' His brother warned ...
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... statement amply justified by the ruthless terms in which, just come of age, he spoke and wrote of dear Granny to his bride-to-be. Part explanation of these particular contradictions is that up to the age of puberty mere kindliness ...
... statement amply justified by the ruthless terms in which, just come of age, he spoke and wrote of dear Granny to his bride-to-be. Part explanation of these particular contradictions is that up to the age of puberty mere kindliness ...
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... statement. The following spring he tackled Ethical Studies; then, in August, Appearance and Reality. The effect of Bradley's most important book can be judged from a letter Russell wrote three months later: 'My intellectual pleasures ...
... statement. The following spring he tackled Ethical Studies; then, in August, Appearance and Reality. The effect of Bradley's most important book can be judged from a letter Russell wrote three months later: 'My intellectual pleasures ...
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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