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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... important step at 21 or 22.' A few months later, he broke the news officially to Pembroke Lodge. Lady Russell went swiftly into action, determined to save her grandson from a marriage she considered would be at least unfortunate and ...
... important step at 21 or 22.' A few months later, he broke the news officially to Pembroke Lodge. Lady Russell went swiftly into action, determined to save her grandson from a marriage she considered would be at least unfortunate and ...
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... important are the women friends who are no more than friends but whose stimulation acts as the spur. It is not merely, as he explains to the Alys of their courtship, that 'I saw thee worshipped brains, so I thought it wise to make the ...
... important are the women friends who are no more than friends but whose stimulation acts as the spur. It is not merely, as he explains to the Alys of their courtship, that 'I saw thee worshipped brains, so I thought it wise to make the ...
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... importance; I can still, in memory, feel the squelching of melting snow beneath my feet, and smell the damp earth that ... important thing about an aristocracy. As a member himself Russell, aged twenty-two, with a new bride by his side ...
... importance; I can still, in memory, feel the squelching of melting snow beneath my feet, and smell the damp earth that ... important thing about an aristocracy. As a member himself Russell, aged twenty-two, with a new bride by his side ...
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... important in the Principles of Dynamics belongs to problems in logic and arithmetic' Occasionally he went to Oxford, hoping on one occasion to see Bradley, and writing to Alys that 'it seems the greatest sign of friendship that he can ...
... important in the Principles of Dynamics belongs to problems in logic and arithmetic' Occasionally he went to Oxford, hoping on one occasion to see Bradley, and writing to Alys that 'it seems the greatest sign of friendship that he can ...
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... important, Idealism by its very nature appeared to make impossible Russell's aim of establishing the objective character of mathematical truth. This should, he strongly averred, be independent of mathematicians. During the first half of ...
... important, Idealism by its very nature appeared to make impossible Russell's aim of establishing the objective character of mathematical truth. This should, he strongly averred, be independent of mathematicians. During the first half of ...
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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