The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Volume 2: The Public Years 1914-1970 (Vol 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (511 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415260124 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 696 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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At times one feels that if Russell had not existed, Nancy Mitford or Evelyn Waugh would have had to invent him.' - The TimesWith the publication of the second volume of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Nicholas Griffin has completed a work of impressive scholarship. - Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies. 'These are not mere selection of letters; they are letters expertly chosen and brillantly annotated, with a running commentary situating each one in the complex circumstances of Russell's lifenothing else written about Russell's life, including recent biographies, comes near it in valuea remarkable document about a remarkable life.' - Literary Review, April 2001'Pray silence for the sage of Plas Penrhyn - possibly the most celebrated English intellectual of the 20th century
. He is editor of two volumes of Russell's Collected Papers (Vol 1 1988; Vol 2 1990), published by Routledge. Nicholas Griffin is Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University. Bertrand Russellwas one of the most famous philosophers of the twentieth century
This volume covers the period embracing the two world wars This volume covers the period embracing the two world wars ; his stand and his intellectual role are very important. AN OUTSTANDING SELECTION Luciano Lupini This book is recommended reading for anyone interested in a fresh approach to the workings of the mind one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century.It is a selection of 338 letters written by Bertrand Russell between 1914 and 1970. Sifting though more than 40,000 letters is no simple feat. Fortunately the editor is Nicholas Griffin, director of the Bertrand Russel Research Center at McMaster University in Ontario. As editor of Russell's "Collected Papers", he is
Richly illustrated with photographs from Russell's life, the collection includes letters to Ho Chi Minh, Tito, Jawaharlal Nehru and Albert Einstein.. This long-awaited second volume of Russell's best letters reveals the inner workings of a philosophical genius and an impassioned campaigner for peace and social reform. The letters, only three of which have been published before, cover most of Russell's adult life, a period in which he wrote over thirty books, including his famous History of Western Philosophy