In this timely work, Russell, philosopher, agnostic, mathematician, and renowned peace advocate, offers a brief yet insightful study of the conflicts between science and traditional religion during the last four centuries. Examining accounts in which scientific advances clashed with Christian doctri ...
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<P>Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, <i>Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus</i> was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Written in short, carefully numbered paragraphs of extreme brilliance, it captured the imag ...
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<P>Although Bertrand Russell was famous as a practical moralist, who wrote about war and peace, marriage and sexuality, eugenics and population policy, he is largely unknown as an ethical theorist. This collection of Russell's writings, many of them not readily available, presents his development a ...
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