The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, v. 1, Cambridge Essays 1888-99

Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell #1

by Bertrand Russell, Kenneth Blackwell (Editor), Andrew Brink (Editor)

"Contains a great deal of varied and interesting writing from Russell's first decade as an independent thinker the great themes of God and freewill, immortality and conscience are rehearsed with charm and penetration Russell shows an exuberant delight in ingenious reasoning, expressed in the fewest possible words and in the least encumbered way, that was to remain with him as a kind of trademark -- Anthony Quinton, "The Times"

Genres: Philosophy

298 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

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."

Reviews

[A YOGAM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dieser Band dokumentiert Bertrand Russells frühe intellektuelle Entwicklung – von seinen Anfängen in Cambridge bis zu seiner Herausbildung als eigenständiger Denker. Die versammelten Essays behandeln klassische philosophische Problemfelder wie Gott, den freien Willen und die Unsterblichkeit und lassen bereits den scharfsinnigen, analytisch präzisen Stil erkennen, der Russells späteres Werk prägen sollte.
Zeitgenössische wie spätere Leser heben besonders die Eleganz hervor, mit der Russell komplexe Fragestellungen auf wenige klare Argumentationslinien verdichtet. Ohne rhetorische Schwere gelingt es ihm, philosophische Probleme transparent und zugänglich zu machen. Der Band ist ein unverzichtbares Zeugnis der geistigen Formierung eines der einflussreichsten Intellektuellen des 20. Jahrhunderts.