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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... to love, but then Auntie will go away.' A few years later the departure of a former governess who had returned to Pembroke Lodge for a few weeks is followed by a diary entry in Russell's hand: 'And I am left again to.
... to love, but then Auntie will go away.' A few years later the departure of a former governess who had returned to Pembroke Lodge for a few weeks is followed by a diary entry in Russell's hand: 'And I am left again to.
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... Ancona for a few gorgeous weeks of spring and first love, bathing naked off the warm deserted beaches, not thinking very much about the future, let alone worrying. By early summer earnestness began to creep back. The.
... Ancona for a few gorgeous weeks of spring and first love, bathing naked off the warm deserted beaches, not thinking very much about the future, let alone worrying. By early summer earnestness began to creep back. The.
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... weeks and prodding him home to England. Here they settled in a small cottage to the north of the village of Fernhurst, not exactly under the eagle eye of Mrs Pearsall Smith but at least in what was for Alys an extension of the family ...
... weeks and prodding him home to England. Here they settled in a small cottage to the north of the village of Fernhurst, not exactly under the eagle eye of Mrs Pearsall Smith but at least in what was for Alys an extension of the family ...
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... weeks of election. The earlier interest of the Russells in the German Social Democrats had by this time hardened into a firm resolution: they would investigate the party in depth, interview its leaders and its members at all levels ...
... weeks of election. The earlier interest of the Russells in the German Social Democrats had by this time hardened into a firm resolution: they would investigate the party in depth, interview its leaders and its members at all levels ...
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... weeks the Russells interviewed party members, attended local elections, and saw and spoke with anyone who seemed likely to provide useful information. 'Called on Frl. Ottilie Baeden, a seamstress', noted Alys soon after they arrived ...
... weeks the Russells interviewed party members, attended local elections, and saw and spoke with anyone who seemed likely to provide useful information. 'Called on Frl. Ottilie Baeden, a seamstress', noted Alys soon after they arrived ...
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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