Foreign thinker
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand RussellPhilosophyBritish1872–1970
The most fundamental problem of our age is that people are surrounded by beliefs to which they cling with terrifying passion, while sufficient evidence for them is lacking.
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Life and Thought
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) was a British philosopher, logician, and mathematician, and one of the founders of analytic philosophy. In 1950, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his defense of freedom of thought and humanitarianism.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures25 titles
Problems of Philosophy
History of Western Philosophy
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics
Analysis of Mind
Our Knowledge of the External World
Philosophical Essays
Mysticism and Logic
Logical Atomism
An Inquiry into Meaningfulness and Truth
A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz
Scientific Worldview
Science and Religion
The Impact of Science on Society
The Conquest of Happiness
In Praise of Leisure / In Praise of Idleness
Marriage and Morals
On Education, Especially in Early Childhood
Education and the Better Life
Power
The Source of Authority and the Individual
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
My Philosophical Evolution
The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
The Alphabet of Relativity
The ABCs of a Good Citizen and the History of the World in a Word
