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AUTOBIOGRAPHY RUSSELL 3VOL IN 1 PB Paperback – January 1, 1988

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  • Paperback: 752 pages
  • Publisher: Other; 2 edition (January 1, 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0415078326
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415078320
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 2 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE RENOWNED PHILOSOPHER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
By Steven H Propp TOP 100 REVIEWER on January 25, 2013
Format: Hardcover
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and social critic, who also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950; the other volumes of his autobiography are The Autobiography Of Bertrand Russell: 1914-1944 and Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1944-1969. He began this 1951 book with the statement, "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind... I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy... [and] because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined." (Pg. 3)

He recalls that as his older brother was tutoring him in Euclid, Russell was "disappointed that he started with axioms. At first I refused to accept them unless my brother could offer me some reason for doing so, but he said, 'If you don't accept them we cannot go on,' and as I wished to go on, I reluctantly admitted them pro tem. The doubt as to the premisses of mathematics which I felt at that moment remained with me, and determined the course of my mathematical work." (Pg. 40)

He observes, "The [1900 International Congress of Philosophy] Congress was a turning point in my intellectual life, because I there met Peano... in the space of a few weeks, I discovered what appeared to be definitive answer to the problems which had baffled me for years...Read more ›
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THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE RENOWNED PHILOSOPHER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
By Steven H Propp TOP 100 REVIEWER on January 25, 2013
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and social critic, who also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950; the other volumes of his autobiography are The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, 1872-1914 and Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1944-1969. He begins this 1956 book by stating, "The period from 1910 to 1914 was a time of transition. My life before 1910 and my life after 1914 was as sharply separated as Faust's life before and after he met Mephistopheles. I underwent a process of rejuvenation, inaugurated by Ottoline Morrell and continued by the War... it shook me out of my prejudices and made me think afresh on a number of fundamental questions. It also provided me with a new kind of activity, for which I did not feel the staleness that beset me whenever I tried to return to mathematical logic." (Pg. 3)

He admits, "Throughout my life I have longed to feel that oneness with large bodies of human beings that is experienced by the members of enthusiastic crowds. The longing has often been strong enough to lead me into self-deception. I have imagined myself in turn a Liberal, a Socialist, or a Pacifist, but I have never been any of these things, in any profound sense. Always the sceptical intellect, when I have most wished it silent, has whispered doubts to me, has cut me off from the facile enthusiasms of others, and has transported me to a desolate solitude." (Pg.Read more ›
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Very honest and revealing
By Liviu Badragan on September 25, 2006
Format: Paperback
I was surprised to see the level of openess of this autobiography. Russell invites the reader into his mind and his heart and seems like he holds nothing back.

He seems completely unconcerned about how the reader will judge him, and that makes it a compelling read.

The biggest negative of this book for me was that the letters tend to get boring.
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Interesting man, interesting time
By hlachance on March 28, 2013
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I hate philosophy but I love math. So this book dragged in places. But his personal life is very interesting. Also there are letters from all sorts of people and in most cases I did no know who they were. But the environment at Cambridge was interesting, and the lifestyle of Russell and his friends as they trotted all over Europe and America. Also you get a picture of his grandparent's generation.
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the vendor did a terrific job. They sent me a book in really ...
By V. Pierce on January 10, 2015
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This book is surprisingly entertaining. Some of it no doubt goes over my head, but that's OK. There's enough in my head as it is. Also, the vendor did a terrific job. They sent me a book in really fine condition and they sent it post haste. Now if I could only find a plumber who would work pro bono.
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Very simple language in clear English- I loved
By Ivan Lippi Rodrigues on April 23, 2014
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Since I was a teenager I admired Bertrand Russell as a free thinker and as an activist having a very,clear mind. Now for the first time I have the chance o reading his auto biography. Better than I expected.
Ivan Lippi
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