Bertrand Russell: 134 books

Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning. Ever since Thales said that all is water, philosophers have been ready with glib assertions about the sum-total of things; and equally glib denials have come from other philosophers...

The great three-volume Principia Mathematica is deservedly the most famous work ever written on the foundations of mathematics. Its aim is to deduce all the fundamental propositions of logic and mathematics from a small number of logical premisses and primitive ideas, and so to prove that mathematics...

The Problems of Philosophy

The Analysis of Mind: This book has grown out of an attempt to harmonize two different tendencies, one in psychology, the other in physics, with both of which I find myself in sympathy, although at first sight they might seem inconsistent. On the one hand, many psychologists, especially those...

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A European lately arrived in China, if he is of a receptive and reflective disposition, finds himself confronted with a number of very puzzling questions, for many of which the problems of Western Europe will not have prepared him. Russian problems, it is true, have important affinities with those of...

NOBEL LETTERATURA 1950 «Oso sperare che qualcuno, in mezzo alla moltitudine di uomini e di donne che soffrono di infelicità senza goderne, possa trovare qui diagnosticato il suo caso e, in pari tempo, qualche suggerimento sul metodo da seguire per guarirne. È nella convinzione che, mediante sforzi...

Escrito en 1896, Una avanzada del progreso (en un principio Una víctima del progreso) y publicado en la revista Cosmopolis en Junio y Julio de 1897, fue considerado por el autor como su mejor cuento en una breve nota que, sirviendo de prólogo, se publicó con motivo de su reedición en la revista...

Published in 1916, this volume—originally titled Why Men Fight—argues forcefully that societal stress on individual competition was instrumental in leading to World War I, and that the future progress of liberal democracy depends upon nurturing positive qualities of cooperation and creativity instead.

NOBEL LETTERATURA 1950 «Mi sono preoccupato di raggiungere una comprensione dei bisogni umani più ampia di quella che viene assunta dalla maggior parte dei politici e degli economisti, poiché soltanto mediante una simile comprensione potremo trovare la strada che ci conduca a realizzare le speranze...

NOBEL LETTERATURA 1950 «La metafisica, ossia il tentativo di concepire il mondo come un tutto per mezzo del pensiero, si è sviluppata fin dall’inizio grazie all’incontro e al conflitto di due impulsi umani diversissimi, uno dei quali spinge gli uomini verso il misticismo, l’altro verso la...

Immensely intelligible, thought-provoking guide by Nobel prize-winner considers such topics as the distinction between appearance and reality, the existence and nature of matter, idealism, inductive logic, intuitive knowledge, many other subjects. For students and general readers, there is no finer introduction to philosophy than this informative, affordable and highly readable edition.

This book has grown out of an attempt to harmonize two different tendencies, one in psychology, the other in physics, with both of which I find myself in sympathy, although at first sight they might seem inconsistent. On the one hand, many psychologists, especially those of the behaviourist school, tend...