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First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philoso...

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Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a w...

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How do we know what we "know"? How did we as individuals and as a society come to accept certain knowledge as fact? In Human Knowledge, Bertrand Russell questions the reliability of our assumptions on knowledge. This brilliant and contro...

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Work focuses on concepts of number, order, relations, limits and continuity, propositional functions, descriptions and classes, more.

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Accessible study examines distinction between appearance and reality, existence and nature of matter, idealism, inductive logic, intuitive knowledge, much more. "concise...perfectly clear to the general reader."--Booklist.

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The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russells recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choice...

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Bertrand Russell remains one of the greatest philosophers and most complex and controversial figures of the twentieth century. Here, in this frank, humorous and decidedly charming autobiography, Russell offers readers the story of his life introdu...

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"Should be read by every parent, teacher, minister, and Congressman in the land."-- The Atlantic

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the Unit...

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Marriage and Morals is a compelling cross-cultural examination of individual, familial and societal attitudes towards sex and marriage. By exploring the codes by which we live our sexual lives and conventional morality, Russell daringly sets out a...

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Bertrand Russell was regarded as one of the twentieth centurys greatest minds. Well known for his profound knowledge and controversial approach to a myriad of different issues and subjects, his prolific works also exhibited great intellectual wit ...

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My Philosophical Development is Russell's intellectual autobiography and provides a fascinating insight into the extraordinary energy and philosophical ambition that saw him write over 40 books. As well as offering some fascinating glimpses i...

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I have come to think that one of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctrine for which there is no adequate evidence. Bertrand Russell, Portraits from Memory Portraits from Memory is one of Bertrand Ru...

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Anknüpfend an die Cantorsche Mengenlehre und aufbauend auf Freges überlegungen zur Beweistheorie sowie Peanos Symbolismus, gelang es in den Principia Mathematica erstmals, weite Bereiche der Mathematik aus einigen wenigen logischen Grundbegriffen ...

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"The philosophy of mathematics will naturally be expected to deal with questions at the frontier of knowledge, as to which comparative certainty is not yet attained. But separation of such questions is hardly likely to be fruitful unless the ...

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The attempt to conceive imaginatively a better ordering of human society than the destructive and cruel chaos in which mankind has hitherto existed is by no means modern: it is at least as old as Plato, whose "Republic" set the model for...

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First published in 1903, Principles of Mathematics was Bertrand Russells first major work in print. It was this title which saw him begin his ascent towards eminence. In this groundbreaking and important work, Bertrand Russell argues that mathemat...

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Few philosophers have had a more profound influence on the course of modern philosophy than Bertrand Russell. The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell is a comprehensive anthology of Russells most definitive essays written between 1903 and 1959. Fir...

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A classic collection of Bertrand Russells more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russells most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to "combat the growth in Dogmatism", on...

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This classic work, first published in 1912, has never been supplanted as an approachable introduction to the theory of philosophical enquiry. It gives Russell's views on such subjects as the distinction between appearance and reality, the existenc...

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Now available for the first time in paperback, this collection of essays display all of Russell's clarity, incisiveness and brilliance of exposition, particularly on matters of ethics and the nature of truth.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scann...

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'Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?'Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we might deal with them in ordinary life, but critical...

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With a new introduction by Michael Ruse, this book will reintroduce Bertrand Russell's writings to readers and students of philosophy and religion. Russell provides an insightful study of the historical conflicts between science and traditional re...

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The Proposed Roads to Freedom is a treatise by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, which contemplates a society in which anarcho-communism is coupled with worker syndicalism. Russell discusses various aspects of socialist-communist and syndicalist t...

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