Mysticism and logic, and other essays Bertrand Russell’s Mysticism and Logic is worth reading because it brilliantly contrasts the allure of mystical intuition with the rigor of logical reasoning, offering both a critique of irrational belief and a …
Collection of Bertrand Russell's books covers a wide range of topics, from philosophy to politics to social issues. Bertrand Russell One of the books included in the collection is "Authority And The Individual," which was published i…
The analysis of mind The analysis of mind - by Bertrand Russell Excerpt from the book's introduction: This book has grown out of an attempt to harmonize two different tendencies, one in psychology, the other in physics, with both of which I fi…
Authority and The Individual In all social animals, including man, co-operation and the unity of a group have some foundation in instinct. This is most complete in ants and bees, which apparently are never tempted to anti-social actions and never …
The problems of philosophy Preface: In the following pages, I have confined myself in the main to those problems of philosophy. I thought it possible to say something positive and constructive since merely negative criticism seemed out of place. For…
Our knowledge of the external world Bertrand Russell as a field for scientific method in philosophy From Introduction: The following lectures are an attempt to show, by means of examples, the nature, capacity, and limitations of the logical-analy…
Principles of social reconstruction Principles of social reconstruction by Bertrand Russell From introduction: The following lectures were written in 1915, and delivered at the beginning of 1916. I had hoped to re-write them considerably, and make t…
A History of Western Philosophy Excerpt from the introduction: A Few words of apology and explanation are called for if this book is to escape even more severe censure than it doubtless deserves. An apology is due to the specialists on various scho…
The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell The Conquest of Happiness - by Bertrand Russell "Should be read by every parent, teacher, minister, and Congressman in the land.” —The Atlantic The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Live…
