1st Edition

Bertrand Russell: A Life

By Herbert Gottschalk Copyright 1965
96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

Bertrand Russell’s eminence of intellect and person has long been unassailable. Besides his distinction as mathematician and philosopher, and a vast output of books, articles, lectures and talks on most aspects of the human condition, there is his continuing concern for day-to-day political issues, his championing of individual freedom and his readiness to stand for a cause to the point of... Read more

Introduction  1. Family, Childhood and Youth  2. Socialism and Mathematics  3. Politics and People  4. At Cambridge and Harvard  5. The First World War and Prison  6. Journeys to Soviet Russia and China  7. Books and Lectures  8. ‘The School’ and Moralities  9. War Years in the United States  10. Peace and Honours  11. Days in Australia  12. The H-Bomb Clash.  Important Dates in the Life of Bertrand Russell

Biography

Herbert Gottschalk