The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. One of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, he transformed philosophy and can lay claim to being one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and was imprisoned several times as a result of his pacifism. His views on religion, education, sex, politics and many other topics, made him one of the most read and revered writers of the age. This, his autobiography, is one of the most compelling and vivid ever written.
This one-volume, compact paperback edition contains an introduction by the politician and scholar, Michael Foot, which explores the status of this classic nearly 30 years after the publication of the final volume.
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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. One of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, he transformed philosophy and can lay claim to being one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and was imprisoned several times as a result of his pacifism. His views on religion, education, sex, politics and many other topics, made him one of the most read and revered writers of the age. This, his autobiography, is one of the most compelling and vivid ever written.
This one-volume, compact paperback edition contains an introduction by the politician and scholar, Michael Foot, which explores the status of this classic nearly 30 years after the publication of the final volume.
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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

by Bertrand Russell
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

by Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. One of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, he transformed philosophy and can lay claim to being one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and was imprisoned several times as a result of his pacifism. His views on religion, education, sex, politics and many other topics, made him one of the most read and revered writers of the age. This, his autobiography, is one of the most compelling and vivid ever written.
This one-volume, compact paperback edition contains an introduction by the politician and scholar, Michael Foot, which explores the status of this classic nearly 30 years after the publication of the final volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415189859
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/10/1998
Edition description: REV
Pages: 760
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

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Bertrand Russell

Table of Contents

Part 1 1872-1914; Chapter 01 Childhood; Chapter 02 Adolescence; Chapter 03 Cambridge; Chapter 04 Engagement; Chapter 05 First Marriage; Chapter 06 ‘Principia Mathematica’; Chapter 07 Cambridge Again; Part 02 1914-1944; Chapter 08 The First War; Chapter 09 Russia; Chapter 10 China; Chapter 11 Second Marriage; Chapter 12 Later Years of Telegraph House; Chapter 13 America. 1938-1944; Part 03 1944-1967; Chapter 14 Return to England; Chapter 15 At Home and Abroad; Chapter 16 Trafalgar Square; Chapter 17 The Foundation; Chapter 18 Postscript;
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