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Complete text of "Bertrand Russell's best" - a sellection by prof. Robert E. Egner

Essays
Russell's essays I keep at this site

Links to texts
Russell's texts on other web sites

Links to related sites

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"There's an artist imprisoned in each one of us.
Let him loose to spread joy everywhere."   Bertrand Russell

 

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Psychology

Religion

Sex and marriage

Education

Politics

Ethics

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"Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so."   Bertrand Russell

 

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Political Ideals NEW.GIF (554 bytes)
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Philosophy for Laymen
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Ideas that have Helped Mankind NEW.GIF (554 bytes)
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Ideas that have Harmed Mankind
from "Unpopular essays"

In Praise of Idleness
(or against the capitalist praise of work)

The Impulse to Power
Introduction to the book "Power"

To Edith
A dedication of Russell's autobiography. (in his handwriting)

"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. "   Bertrand Russell

 

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A Liberal Decalogue, From John Lenz (BRS)
What I Have Lived For Prolouge to Autobiography, from John Lenz

Religion / Agnosticism
Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic?,  from Ryan Breedon
A Free Man's Worship, by John Lenz (BRS)
What is an Agnostic?,  from Ryan Breedon
The Bomb and Civilization, from the Russell Archives
Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?, from Evil Bob (I think)
What is the Soul?, from Cosma Shalizi
Why I Am Not A Christian,  from Ryan Breedon

Psychology / Society
On the Value of Scepticism NEW.GIF (554 bytes)
How to Become a Man of Genius, from Cosma Shalizi
Of Co-Operation, from Cosma Shalizi
On Astrologers, from Cosma Shalizi
On Denoting, from Cosma Shalizi
On Modern Uncertainty, from Cosma Shalizi
On Sales Resistance, from Cosma Shalizi
On Youthful Cynicism, from Cosma Shalizi
Understanding History, selected quotations from Connie Sunday

Philosophy / other works
Vagueness, from Cosma Shalizi
Icarus, or the Future of Science, from Cosma Shalizi
Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the text of which is here. From Randall Helzerman
The Philosophy of Logical Analysis (last chapter in A History of Western Philosophy)

The Problems of Philosophy, from Ryan Breedon
Proposed Roads to Freedom, from Project Gutenberg
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""Every advance in civilization has been denounced while it was still recent."   Bertrand Russell

 

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The Bertrand Russell Society
The Bertrand Russell Archives; A Chronology
Russell's War Crime Tribunals

Pesonal/ small sites
Bertrand Russell from Philosophy for Everyone
From Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy
From Chris Furlong
From John O'Conner and Edmund Robertson
From Cosma Shalizi;also,  from Hyper-Weirdness on the Web
From the Window

From Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Russell, Bertrand
Russell's Paradox
Principia Mathematica

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. "   Bertrand Russell

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