First published in 1961, Fact and Fiction is a collection of Bertrand Russell’s essays that reflect on the books and writings that influenced his life, including fiction, essays on politics and education, divertissements and parables. Also broaching on the highly controversial issues of war and peace, it is in this classic collection that Russell states some of his most famous pronouncements on nuclear warfare and international relations. It is a remarkable book that provides valuable insight into the range of interests and depth of convictions of one of the world’s greatest philosophers.
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The most critical of readers could hardly fail to be captivated by the literary and dialectical skill of the author. Times Literary Supplement
an attractive haul of small bright items The Observer
Bertrand Russellagain wakes us from sleep with the rapier of his polemicists American Statesman
Introduction Part 1: Books that Influenced Me in Youth I. The Importance
of Shelly II. The Romance of Revolt III. Revolt Against the Abstract IV.
Disgust and Its Antidote V. An Education in History VI. The Pursuit of Truth
Part 2: Politics and Education I. What is Freedom? II. What is Democracy?
III. A Scientists Plea for Democracy? IV. The Story of Colonization V. Pros
and Cons of Nationalism VI. The Reasoning Europeans VII. The World I Should
Like to Live in VIII. Old and Young Cultures IX. Education for a Difficult
World X. University Education Part 3: Divertissments I. Cranks II. The Right
Will Prevail or the Road to Lhasa III. Newly Discovered Maxims of La
Rochefoucauld IV. Nightmares
1. The Fishermans Nightmare or Magna est
Veritas
2. The Theologians Nightmare V. Dreams
1. Jowett
2. God
3. Henry the
Navigator
4. Prince Napoleon Louis
5. The Catalogue VI. Parables
1. Planetary
Effulgence
2. The Misfortune of Being Out-of-Date
3. Murderers Fatherland
Part 4: Peace and War I. Psychology and East-West Tension II. War and Peace
in My Lifetime III. The Social Responsiblities of Scientists IV. Three
Essentials for a Stable World V. Population Pressure and War VI. Vienna
Address VII. Manchester Address VIII. What Neutrals can do to Save the World
IX. The Case for British Neutralism X. Can War be Abolished? XI. Human Life
is in Danger Index
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). A celebrated mathematician and logician, Russell was and remains one of the most genuinely widely read and popular philosophers of modern times.
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