A History of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

by Bertrand Russell

To my regret and surprise, this statement, which I had supposed completely innocuous, vexed Dr. Dewey, who replied: “Mr. Russell’s confirmed habit of connecting the pragmatic theory of knowing with obnoxious aspects of American industrialism ... is much as if I were to link his philosophy to the interests of the English landed aristocracy.”