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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... told so little about his parents, and that little with obvious inhibitions, he Vaguely sensed a dark mystery'. Looking back over a youthful shoulder, all he saw was doubt and uncertainty. It is tempting to speculate on Russell's ...
... told so little about his parents, and that little with obvious inhibitions, he Vaguely sensed a dark mystery'. Looking back over a youthful shoulder, all he saw was doubt and uncertainty. It is tempting to speculate on Russell's ...
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... told of 'the great interest I take in you, and I am sure you will find they will receive you with open arms'. Russell left England early in September. One of his first acts on arrival in Paris was to write to the Ambassador, then in ...
... told of 'the great interest I take in you, and I am sure you will find they will receive you with open arms'. Russell left England early in September. One of his first acts on arrival in Paris was to write to the Ambassador, then in ...
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... told him of yr projected marriage, and he answers that it is not an obstacle – he mentions that he believes he knows her, but without naming her or makg. any comment – I quite sympathize with yr desire to study economics, and I also see ...
... told him of yr projected marriage, and he answers that it is not an obstacle – he mentions that he believes he knows her, but without naming her or makg. any comment – I quite sympathize with yr desire to study economics, and I also see ...
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... told Alys, Mary had been making me talk about sexual morality & my reasons for preferring chastity to vice, wh. I found rather difficult, but the necessary spirit urged me on. Then she repeated a host of poetry, rather well – & then we ...
... told Alys, Mary had been making me talk about sexual morality & my reasons for preferring chastity to vice, wh. I found rather difficult, but the necessary spirit urged me on. Then she repeated a host of poetry, rather well – & then we ...
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... told, 'never attempt an excuse when you had done wrong, & never fail to receive warning or reproof as gratefully as praise. We trusted you, & you justified our trust, & all was happiness & affection.' All that had evaporated; as far as ...
... told, 'never attempt an excuse when you had done wrong, & never fail to receive warning or reproof as gratefully as praise. We trusted you, & you justified our trust, & all was happiness & affection.' All that had evaporated; as far as ...
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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