Bertrand Russell
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born
May 18, 1872
died
February 02, 1970
gender
male
place of birth
Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales, The United Kingdom
influences
Gottfried Leibniz, David Hume, G.E. Moore, John Stuart Mill, Wittgenstein, Thomas Paine
about this author
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 avg rating 3.91 — 1,207 ratings — published 1957 13 editions |
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A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell avg rating 4.02 — 758 ratings — published 1901 21 editions |
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The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell avg rating 3.85 — 269 ratings — published 1912 34 editions |
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The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell avg rating 3.83 — 222 ratings — published 1930 16 editions |
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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell avg rating 4.13 — 119 ratings — published 1935 8 editions |
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Religion and Science by Bertrand Russell avg rating 3.85 — 112 ratings — published 1935 5 editions |
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Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell avg rating 3.88 — 104 ratings — published 1901 13 editions |
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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell by Bertrand Russell avg rating 3.97 — 87 ratings — published 1951 17 editions |
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Marriage and Morals by Bertrand Russell avg rating 3.62 — 79 ratings — published 1929 8 editions |
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What I Believe by Bertrand Russell avg rating 3.87 — 69 ratings — published 1995 2 editions |
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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
— Bertrand Russell
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
