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Bertrand Russell


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

Died
February 02, 1970

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Genre
Philosophy, History, Social Sciences

Influences
Robert Ingersoll, Thales, E. Haldeman-Julius, Percy Williams Bridgman, ...more


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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Average rating: 4.03 · 171,954 ratings · 11,463 reviews · 1,391 distinct works • Similar authors
A History of Western Philos...
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Why I Am Not a Christian an...
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The Problems of Philosophy
3.90 avg rating — 19,102 ratings — published 1912 — 5 editions
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The Conquest of Happiness
4.02 avg rating — 16,538 ratings — published 1930 — 14 editions
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In Praise of Idleness and O...
4.02 avg rating — 5,861 ratings — published 1935
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What I Believe
4.07 avg rating — 4,239 ratings — published 1925 — 5 editions
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Religion and Science
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3.94 avg rating — 3,338 ratings — published 1935 — 77 editions
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تاريخ الفلسفة الغربية - الك...
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In Praise of Idleness
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Introduction to Mathematica...
4.04 avg rating — 1,601 ratings — published 1918 — 229 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
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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
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February Short Story/Novella Poll

The 39 Steps by John Buchan, 100+- pages, 1915
 
  42 votes, 20.5%

 
  40 votes, 19.5%

 
  29 votes, 14.1%

 
  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%

 
  16 votes, 7.8%

The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham. 6+- pages, 1928
 
  15 votes, 7.3%

205 total votes
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