Bertrand Russell

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born

May 18, 1872 in Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales, The United Kingdom

died

February 02, 1970

gender

male

website

http://www.russfound.org/

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Philosophy, History, Social Sciences

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Gottfried Leibniz, David Hume, G.E. Moore, John Stuart Mill, Wittgenst...more

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a Welsh philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, pacifist, and prominent rationalist. Although he was usually regarded as English, as he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died..

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought."

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	Why I Am Not a Christian & Other Essays on Religion & Related Subjects by Bertrand Russell, Paul Edwards (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 4,609 ratings — published 1927 — 27 editions	My rating:
	History of Western Philosophy 4.02 avg rating — 3,875 ratings — published 1945 — 32 editions	My rating:
	The Problems of Philosophy 3.83 avg rating — 1,890 ratings — published 1912 — 89 editions	My rating:
	The Conquest of Happiness 3.92 avg rating — 955 ratings — published 1930 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Religion and Science by Bertrand Russell, Michael Ruse (Introduction) 3.90 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 1935 — 10 editions	My rating:
	In Praise of Idleness: And Other Essays 4.11 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 1935 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell, Kirk Willis (Introduction) 4.08 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 1901 — 13 editions	My rating:
	What I Believe 4.00 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1925 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 4.05 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1969 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Marriage and Morals 3.92 avg rating — 248 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:

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“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
― Bertrand Russell

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“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

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“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
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