Bertrand Russell: 134 books

Published in 1916, in the midst of World War I, this courageous book dared to question contemporary patriotic shibboleths.  But more than just an angry response to the barbarity of a particular war, Russell's book probes deeply into the causes of war, when it is justified, and the prospects for avoiding it.

10 brilliant essays by this Nobel Prize-winning philosopher challenge romantic mysticism and promote a scientific view of society and nature. Russell explains his theory in these witty, cogent writings, which include popular treatments of religious and educational issues as well as examinations of problems of logic.

Theory of Knowledge gives us a picture of one of the great minds of the twentieth century at work. It is possible to see the unsolved problems left without disguise or evasion. Historically, it is invaluable to our understanding of both Russell's own thought and his relationship with Wittgenstein.

NOBEL LETTERATURA 1950 Elogio dell’ozio è il titolo di uno dei quindici saggi che compongono questa raccolta, in cui Russell tratta non solo delle qualità dell’ozio, spiegando che per poter dedicare sufficiente tempo alla riflessione e alle idee, l’uomo non dovrebbe riservare al lavoro più...

This comprehensive study of China's history and national character was published in 1922, after Russell had spent a year as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Beijing.  It is an insightful, and in some ways even prescient, take on a country that seems destined to stand beside America as a superpower of the 21st century.

In 1920 Russell traveled to Russia with a British delegation and met Lenin. Unlike many of his companions, he was disturbed by Lenin’s personality and the brutal and cultish aspects of Bolshevism—as well as by the executioners’ rifle shots, heard late at night. Here is the first-hand account of a clear thinker’s disillusionment.

Las hermanas lo empezó a escribir Conrad en otoño de 1895 y lo abandonó en la primavera de 1896. Se publicó en 1928, cuatro años después de su fallecimiento. En los únicos siete capítulos de la novela, divididos muy claramente en dos partes, una, sobre un solitario y atormentado pintor ucraniano,...

In 1940, Gustav Herling was arrested after he joined an underground Polish army that fell into Russian hands. He was sent to a northern Russian labour camp, where he spent the two most horrible years of his life. In this book, he tells of the people he was imprisoned with, the hardships they endured,...

Let us begin by trying to be clear as to what we mean by “free thought.” This expression has two senses. In its narrower sense it means thought which does not accept the dogmas of traditional religion. In this sense a man is a “free thinker” if he is not a Christian or a Mussulman or a Buddhist...

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