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Bertrand Russell

Born

in Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales, The United Kingdom

May 18, 1872

Died

February 02, 1970

Website

http://www.russfound.org/

Genre

Philosophy, History, Social Sciences

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, 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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Bertrand Russell’s books

Average rating: 4.03 · 167,698 ratings · 10,918 reviews · 1,228 distinct works • Similar authors

	A History of Western Philosophy 4.13 avg rating — 41,426 ratings — published 1945	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22,316 ratings — published 1957 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Problems of Philosophy 3.90 avg rating — 18,555 ratings — published 1912 — 1633 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conquest of Happiness 4.02 avg rating — 16,046 ratings — published 1930 — 242 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays 4.03 avg rating — 7,502 ratings — published 1935 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What I Believe 4.08 avg rating — 4,173 ratings — published 1925 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religion and Science by Bertrand Russell, Michael Ruse (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 3,294 ratings — published 1935 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تاريخ الفلسفة الغربية - الكتاب الأول: الفلسفة القديمة by Bertrand Russell, زكي نجيب محمود (مترجم), أحمد أمين (مراجعة) 3.96 avg rating — 2,091 ratings — published 1945 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy 4.04 avg rating — 1,555 ratings — published 1918 — 224 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unpopular Essays 4.10 avg rating — 1,467 ratings — published 1950 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Bertrand Russell

A History of Western Philosophy (4 books)
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Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell (19 books)
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Quotes by Bertrand Russell (?)

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

tags: confidence, eccentricity, philosophy

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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

tags: happiness, love

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Polls

February Short Story/Novella Poll

The 39 Steps by John Buchan, 100+- pages, 1915

42 votes, 20.5%

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, 120 pages, 1981

40 votes, 19.5%

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét, 48 pages, 1937

29 votes, 14.1%

The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 48 pages, 1920

23 votes, 11.2%

What I Believe by Bertrand Russell, 48 pages, 1925

20 votes, 9.8%

The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges, ? pages, 1947

20 votes, 9.8%

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron, 84 pages, 1990

16 votes, 7.8%

The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham. 6+- pages, 1928

15 votes, 7.3%

205 total votes

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