Unpopular Essays (Routledge Classics)
A classic collection of Bertrand Russell’s more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell’s most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to "combat… the growth in Dogmatism", on first publication in 1950 it met with critical acclaim...
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A classic collection of Bertrand Russell’s more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell’s most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to "combat… the growth in Dogmatism", on first publication in 1950 it met with critical acclaim and a wide readership and has since become one of his most accessible and popular books.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780415473705 (0415473705)
Publish date: April 6th 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 180
Edition language: English
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...
"I think that the evils that men inflict on each other, and by reflection upon themselves, have their main source in evil passions rather than in ideas or beliefs. But ideas and principles that do harm are, as a rule, though not always, cloaks for evil passions. In Lisbon when heretics were publicly...
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