An important point was left out of this book: The history of philosophy is also a history of drunks.Bertrand Russell has attempted to give a brief overview of the History of Western Philosophy. In this 900 page tome he touches on the major figures, major fields of thought, and the socio-political ba...
IntroductionVolume IPreface to Volume I--On Jealousy--Sex and Happiness--Tourists: We Lose Our Charm Away from Home--The Menace of Old Age--In Praise of Artificiality--Who May Use Lipstick?--The Lessons of Experience--Hope and Fear--Are Criminals Worse than Other People?--The Advantages of Cowardice...
This book was not what I was expecting. I guess I was thinking that I was in for a grand overview on just what happiness is and the nature of the human existence in chasing it. And while parts were like that, many others were just Russell's opinions on how to "solve" the happiness problem. There w...
Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition--Introduction: On the Value of Scepticism--Dreams and Facts--Is Science Superstitious?--Can Men be Rational?--Philosophy in the Twentieth Century--Machines and the Emotions--Behaviourism and Values--Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness--The Harm that Good...
IntroductionPreface--Philosophy and Politics--Philosophy for Laymen--The Future of Mankind--Philosophy's Ulterior Motives--The Superior Virtue of the Oppressed--On Being Modern-minded--An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish--The Functions of a Teacher--Ideas that Have Helped Mankind--Ideas that Have Har...
As long as I can think back, philosophy strongly attracted me, and yet, I never really bothered to learn more about it. In high school I was taught some basics, but the subject didn’t leave many traces in my memory except that the lessons, the text-book and even the teacher were mind-numbingly borin...
This is the very first book I read for Bertrand Russell. I admit: it's huge!Though I totally disagree with Russell's view of God, but I really loved this book. There are a lot of inspiring lines I loved. This man is truly wise. The part of the book I liked the most was the 'Good Life' part! It was r...
Amazing introduction to the issues and benefits of philosophical study. This should be the first book read in any introduction to philosophy course. It may even be beneficial for high school students to prepare them for using logic and reason in their later lives.
Let's just say lately I've been picking up books that are easy enough to read, but still carry a bit of substance. This would translate into easy philosophy, and though I know it's judged for it's lack of seriousness, I think some authors are still able to pull through. Russel Brandt was not a philo...
bookshelves: essays, philosophy, nonfiction, published-2007, winter-20132014, tbr-busting-2014, sciences, fraudio Read from January 03 to 05, 2014 The Portable Atheist read by Nicolas Ballanthology of atheist writing through the ages.1. Introduction by Christopher Hitchens2. Lucretius: from the N...
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