<P>This volume signals reinvigoration of Russell the public campaigner. The title of the volume is taken from one of his most famous and eloquent short essays and probably the best known of his many broadcasts for the BBC. <i>Man's Peril 1954-55</i> not only captures the essence of Russell's thinkin ...
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<P>Starting with the defeat of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, this book is full of lively portraits of the main characters of the period, from Malthus, Mill and Bentham to Marx and Robert Owen. Russell also considers the founding of democracy in America and the struggle with slavery, bringing ...
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<P>During the period covered by this volume, Bertrand Russell first retired from and them resumed his philosophical career. In 1927 he published two philosophy books, The Analysis of Matter and An Outline of Philosophy. His next book in academic philosophy, An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, was not ...
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<P>"<i>The supreme principle, both in politics and in private life, should be to promote all that is creative, and so to diminish the impulses and desires that center round possession."</i><br> <br> This book, originally entitled <i>Why Men Fight,</i> is generally seen as the fullest expression of B ...
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