Bertrand Russell: 134 books

Despite the disastrous failure of his one practical attempt to create a perfect school, Russell constantly strove to invent a system of education free from repression. Here Russell dissects the motives behind much educational theory and practice - and attacks the influence of chauvanism, snobbery...

Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell's famed atheism. It is also one of the most notorious. Used as evidence in a 1940 court case in which Russell was declared unfit to teach college-level philosophy, What I Believe was to become one of...

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 new morality, shaped and influenced by dramatic changes...

This collection of essays and journalism cover a wide range of topics, from balancing prosperity and public expenditure or the mental differences between boys and girls to 'who may use lipstick'. Mortal and Others shows the serious and non-serious side of Russell's personality and work. It provides...

NOBEL LETTERATURA 1950 Pubblicato nel 1935 in un’Europa attraversata dall’ascesa dei totalitarismi, Scienza e religione non è solo un importante testo di filosofia dedicato alla secolare lotta tra pensiero scientifico e autorità religiosa, ma rappresenta, oggi come allora, una preziosissima arma...

From one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century: A collection of accessible and enlightening essays on topics from envy to intellectual rubbish. Russell, the sage non-conformist, is always meaningful, no matter what the topic or the issue. In this small book are some of his old...

Essays on topics from nuclear physics to the role of faith in society from the Nobel Prize–winning philosopher. Originally written in 1943 and published in 1957 by Philosophical Library, Inc, these vigorous essays from one of the most distinguished minds of our time reveal several facets...

NOBEL LETTERATURA 1950 Vero e proprio capolavoro di sintesi e di chiarezza espositiva, la Storia della filosofia occidentale si offre come un quadro completo dello sviluppo del pensiero filosofico, all’interno del quale i singoli pensatori sono collocati nel loro contesto storico e sociale a dimostrazione...

This collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It contains some of the most important basic sources in philosophy of language, including a number of classic essays...

In the first of the BBC's famous Reith Lectures, Russell tackles what is still one of the most hotly debated issues of the twentieth century: the conflict between law, order and authority and the rights of each individual man and woman.

Russell's classic examination of the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge. It is a rigorous examination of the problems of an empiricist epistemology.

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy has been a seminal work for more than nine decades. It gives the general background necessary for any serious discussion on the foundational crisis of mathematics in the beginning of the twentieth century. Requiring neither prior knowledge of mathematics...

This 1917 volume outlines the evolution of Russell's political thought, arguing that human dignity and creativity must be championed against the repressive forces of concentrated power, whether political, economic, or social. His four main goals are maximum production and progress, justice, keeping destitution at bay, and liberating creativity.

In this book Russell weighs the respective advantages and disadvantages of socialism, marxism, anarchism, and democracy. Roads to Freedom is a fascinating glimpse of progressive intellectual politics. Written at the end of the first world war in the midst of great and rapid world change, the book is an historical analysis and criticism of the dominating political systems.