''Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and acheived fewer results than any other branch of learning ... I believe that the time has now arrived when this unsatisfactory state of affairs can be brought to an end'' - Bertrand Russell
So begins Our Knowledge of the Eternal World, Bertrand Russell''s classic attempt to show by means of examples, the nature, capacity and limitations of the logico-analytical method in philosophy.

''Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and acheived fewer results than any other branch of learning ... I believe that the time has now arrived when this unsatisfactory state of affairs can be brought to an end'' - Bertrand Russell
So begins Our Knowledge of the Eternal World, Bertrand Russell''s classic attempt to show by means of examples, the nature, capacity and limitations of the logico-analytical method in philosophy.