Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Autobiography of by Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell. B ertrand Arthur William Russell was born at Trelleck on 18th May, 1872. His parents were Viscount Amberley and Katherine, daughter of 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley. At the age of three he was left an orphan. His father had wished him to be brought up as an agnostic; to avoid this he was made a ward of Court, and brought up by his grandmother. Instead of being sent to school he was taught by governesses and tutors, and thus acquired a perfect knowledge of French and German. In 1890 he went into residence at Trinity College, Cambridge, and after being a very high Wrangler and obtaining a First Class with distinction in philosophy he was elected a fellow of his college in 1895. But he had already left Cambridge in the summer of 1894 and for some months was attaché at the British embassy at Paris. In December 1894 he married Miss Alys Pearsall Smith. After spending some months in Berlin studying social democracy, they went to live near Haslemere, where he devoted his time to the study of philosophy. In 1900 he visited the Mathematical Congress at Paris. He was impressed with the ability of the Italian Peano and his pupils, and immediately studied Peano’s works. In 1903 he wrote his first important book, The Principles of Mathematics , and with his friend Dr. Alfred Whitehead proceeded to develop and extend the mathematical of Peano and Frege. From time to time he abandoned philosophy for politics. In 1910 he was appointed lecturer at Trinity College. After the first World War broke out, he took an active part in the No Conscription fellowship and was fined £ 100 as the author of a leaflet criticizing a sentence of two years on a conscientious objector. His college deprived him of his lectureship in 1916. He was offered a post at Harvard university, but was refused a passport. He intended to give a course of lectures (afterwards published in America as Political Ideals , 1918) but was prevented by the military authorities. In 1918 he was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for a pacifistic article he had written in the Tribunal . His Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy (1919) was written in prison. His Analysis of Mind (1921) was the outcome of some lectures he gave in London, which were organized by a few friends who got up a subscription for the purpose. In 1920 Russell had paid a short visit to Russia to study the conditions of Bolshevism on the spot. In the autumn of the same year he went to China to lecture on philosophy at the Peking university. On his return in Sept. 1921, having been divorced by his first wife, he married Miss Dora Black. They lived for six years in Chelsea during the winter months and spent the summers near Lands End. In 1927 he and his wife started a school for young children, which they carried on until 1932. He succeeded to the earldom in 1931. He was divorced by his second wife in 1935 and the following year married Patricia Helen Spence. In 1938 he went to the United States and during the next years taught at many of the country’s leading universities. In 1940 he was involved in legal proceedings when his right to teach philosophy at the College of the City of New York was questioned because of his views on morality. When his appointment to the college faculty was cancelled, he accepted a five-year contract as a lecturer for the Barnes foundation, Merion, Pa., but the cancellation of this contract was announced in Jan. 1943 by Albert C. Barnes, director of the foundation. Russell was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1908, and re-elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1944. He was awarded the Sylvester medal of the Royal Society, 1934, the de Morgan medal of the London Mathematical Society in the same year, the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1950. In a paper “Logical Atomism” ( Contemporary British Philosophy. Personal Statements , First series. Lond. 1924) Russell exposed his views on his philosophy, preceded by a few words on historical development. 1. Principal publications German Social Democracy , 1896 Foundations of , 1897 A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz , 1900 Principles of Mathematics , vol. 1, 1903 Philosophical Essays , 1910 (with Dr. A. N. Whitehead) , 3 vols, 1910-13 The Problems of Philosophy , 1912 Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy , 1944 Principles of Social Reconstruction , 1916 Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays , 1918 Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism , 1918 Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy , 1919 The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism , 1920 The Analysis of Mind , 1921 The Problem of China , 1922 The ABC of Atoms , 1923 (with Dora Russell) The Prospects of Industrial Civilisation , 1923 Logical Atomism , 1924 The ABC of Relativity , 1925 On , 1926 The Analysis of Matter , 1927 An Outline of Philosophy , 1927 Sceptical Essays , 1928 Marriage and Morals , 1929 The Conquest of Happiness , 1930 The Freedom and Organisation 1814-1914, 1934 In Praise of Idleness , 1935 Which Way to Peace? , 1936 (with Patricia Russell editor of) The Amberley Papers , 2 vols, 1937 Power: a new Social Introduction to its Study , 1938 An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth , 1941 History of Western Philosophy , 1946 Human Knowledge, its Scope and Limits , 1948 Authority and the Individual , 1949 Unpopular Essays , 1950. 1) The matter for this sketch is taken from general English reference books. From Les Prix Nobel en 1950 , Editor Arne Holmberg, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 1951. This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/ Nobel Lectures/The Nobel Prizes . The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate. For more updated biographical information, see: Russell, Bertrand, The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell . (3 vols.) Allen & Unwin: London, 1967-1969. Bertrand Russell died on February 2, 1970. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 1950. To cite this section MLA style: Bertrand Russell – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2021. Thu. 17 Jun 2021. Learn more. Nobel Prizes 2020. Twelve laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2020, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from the formation of black holes and genetic scissors to efforts to combat hunger and develop new auction formats. The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell. The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (1967–1969) is a three-volume work by Bertrand Russell. Contents. Quotes [ edit ] Heading text [ edit ] To Edith [ edit ] Through the long years I sought peace, I found ecstasy, I found anguish, I found madness, I found loneliness, I found the solitary pain that gnaws the heart, But peace I did not find. Now, old & near my end, I have known you, And, knowing you, I have found both ecstasy & peace, I know rest, After so many lonely years. I know what life & love may be. Now, if I sleep, I shall sleep fulfilled. The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell by Bertrand Russell. For a complete list of Russell’s books and articles see our online Russell bibliography. We also maintain a chronology of Russell’s life and an introduction to his . I. EARLY ESSAYS BY RUSSELL. These first essays, mostly book reviews, are Russell’s earliest professional writings. Review of G Heymans, Die Gesetze und Elemente des wissenschaftlichen Denken , Mind , n.s. 4, no. 14 (Apr 1895), 245-9. Review of G. Lechalas, Étude sur l’espace et le temps , Mind , n.s. 5, no. 17 (Jan 1896), 128. “The A Priori in Geometry,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , o.s.3, no.2 (1895-6), 97-112. Review of L. Couturat, De l’Infini mathématique , Mind , n.s. 6, no. 21 (Jan 1897), 112-19. Review of J. Schmöle, Die Sozialdemokratischen Gewerkschafen in Deutschland seit dem Sozialisten-Gesetzes , The Economic Journal 7 (Mar 1897), 94-5 On German Trade Unions. Review of E. Goblot, Essai sur la classification des sciences , Mind , n.s. 7, no. 28 (Oct 1898), 567-8. Review of A. Meinong, Über die Bedeutung des Weberschen Gesetzes , Mind , n.s. 8, no. 30 (Apr 1899), 251-6. Review of J. Schultz, Psychologie der Axiome , Mind , n.s. 9, no. 33 (Jan 1900), 120-1. Review of Boutroux, L’Imagination et les mathématiques selon Descartes , Mind , n.s. 10, no. 38 (Apr 1901), 274. “The Teaching of Euclid,” The Mathematical Gazette 2 (May 1902), 165-7. “A Free Man’s Worship,” The Independent Review 1 (Dec 1903), 415-24 Repr. ML pdf. Review of G.E. Moore, Principia Ethica , The Cambridge Review 25 (Dec 3 1903), lit. sup. 37-8. “Literature of the Fiscal Controversy,” The Independent Review 1 (Jan 1904), 684-8 Lit Review. Review of Louis Couturat, ed., Opuscules et fragments inédits de Leibniz , Mind , n.s. 13, no. 49 (Jan 1904), 131-2. Review of L.J. Delaporte, Essai philosophique sur les géométries non-Euclidiennes , Mind , n.s. 13, no. 49 (Jan 1904), 132-3. “The Meaning of Good,” The Independent Review 2 (Mar 1904), 328-33 Review of G.E. Moore, Principia Ethica. “On History,” The Independent Review 3 (Jul 1904), 207-15 Repr. PE. “Religion and ,” The Independent Review 9 (Apr 1906), 109-16 Review of McTaggart, Some Dogmas of Religion. “A History of Free Thought,” The Tribune (London) Jun 4 1906, 2 Review of Robertson, A Short History of Freethought, Ancient and Modern. “Free Thought, Ancient and Modern,” The Speaker , n.s. 14 (Aug 4 1906), 402-3 Review of Robertson, A Short History of Freethought. “The Development of Morals,” The Independent Review 12 (Feb 1907), 204-10 Review of Hobhouse, Morals in Evolution. “Spinoza’s Moral Code,” The Nation (London) 1 (Apr 13 1907), 276 Review of Picton, Spinoza: A Handbook to the Ethics. “The Politics of a Biologist,” The Albany Review (London) n.s. 2 (Oct 1907), 89-98 Review of Chatterton-Hill, Heredity and Selection in Sociology. Two 1908 Notes on Women’s Suffrage Bills: “After the Second Reading” and “Mr. Asquith’s Pronouncement,” Women’s Franchise 1 (1908), 429, 565. “Biology and Politics,” The Nation (London) 3 (Sep 26 1908), 918, 920 Review of George Chatterton-Hill, Heredity and Selection in Sociology. Anti-Suffragist Anxieties (1910) Political pamphlet in which Russell demolishes every possible argument against giving women the vote The best thing Russell ever wrote. “Spinoza” The Nation (London) 8 (Nov 12 1910), 278, 280 Review of Spinoza’s Ethics , White and Stirling translation. “Memories and Studies,” The Cambridge Review 33 (Nov 16 1911), 118 Review of William James, Memories and Studies , (Longmans, 1911) “The Professor’s Guide to Laughter,” The Cambridge Review 33 (Jan 18 1912), 193-4 Review of Bergson’s Laughter, an Essay (Macmillan, 1911) II. RUSSELL’S ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY AND EARLY BOOKS. Anonymous review of German Social Democracy , The Westminster Review 147 (Mar 1897) “Are Euclid’s Axioms Empirical?” Revue de metàphysique et de morale 6 (Nov 1898), 759-76 Trans. Papers 2 Reply to Couturat’s review of Russell’s Essay on the Foundations of Geometry. “The Axioms of Geometry,” Revue de metàphysique et de morale 7 (Nov 1899), 684-707 Trans. Papers 2 Reply to Poincaré’s review of Russell’s Essay on the Foundations of Geometry. “Recent Work on the Principles of Mathematics,” The International Monthly 4 (Jul 1901), 83-101 Repr. as “Mathematics and the Metaphysicians,” in ML , 1918. The Principles of Mathematics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1903 Repr. 1931 with a new introduction by Russell (pdf here) “The Axiom of Infinity,” Hibbert Journal 2, no. 4 (Jul 1904), 809-12 Reply to Keyser, “The Axiom of Infinity, ” Hibbert Journal 2, no. 3 (Apr 1904), 532-52 Repr. EA. “Meinong’s Theory of Complexes and Assumptions” (parts 1-3), Mind , n.s. 13, nos. 50, 51, 52 (Apr, Jul, Oct 1904), 204-19, 336-54, 509-24 A review essay of Meinong’s 1899 article “On Objects of Higher Order” and his 1902 book Über Annahmen. “On Denoting,” Mind , n.s. 14, no. 56 (Oct 1905), 479-93 Repr. LK. Review of Meinong and Others, Untersuchungen zur Gegenstandstheorie und Psychologie , Mind , n.s. 14, no. 56 (Oct 1905), 530-538. “What Is Truth?” The Independent Review 9 (Jun 1906), 349-53 Review of Joachim, The Nature of Truth. Review of Meinong, Über die Erfahrungsgrundlagen unseres Wissens , Mind , n.s. 15, no. 59 (Jul 1906), 412-415. Review of Meinong, Über die Stellung der Gegenstandstheorie in System der Wissenschaften , Mind , n.s. 16, no. 63 (Jul 1907), 436-439. “The Study of Mathematics,” The New Quarterly 1 (Nov 1907) Repr. PE , 1910; ML , 1918. Philosophical Essays London: Longmans, Green, 1910 Revised ed., London: George Allen & Unwin, 1966. Principia Mathematica , with , 3 volumes Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910-3 Revised ed., 1925-7. Principia Mathematica , 1st ed., vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3 (1910-13) Combined tables of contents of vols. 1, 2, and 3 of PM , 1st ed. (pdf here) Preface, Principia Mathematica , 1st ed. (pdf here) The Problems of Philosophy (London: Williams & Norgate, 1912) Russell’s most popular book on analytic philosophy. Review of Russell’s Problems of Philosophy by Bernard Bosanquet, Mind (Oct 1912) “On the Notion of Cause,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , n.s., 13 (1912-13) Repr. ML. “Science as an Element in Culture,” The New Statesman 1 (May 24 & 31, 1913) Repr. ML. “Mysticism and Logic,” The Hilbert Journal 12 (July 1914), 780-803 Repr. ML. Russell’s Preface to Poincaré’s Science and Method , London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1914. On Scientific Method in Philosophy , the Herbert Spencer lecture delivered Nov 1914, published as a pamphlet by the Clarenden Press, 1914 Repr. ML , 1918. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy . Chicago: Open Court, 1914 Revised ed., London: George Allen & Unwin, 1926. Letter to the Journal of Philosophy , Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods 12, no. 14 (Jul 8, 1915) Russell asserts that for him sense-data are physical objects. “Preface” to Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays , 1918. Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy , 1919 Kevin Klement’s online edition of Russell’s best book Russell’s informal account of the mathematics and logic of Principia Mathematica. The Philosophy of Logical Atomism , The Monist (Oct 1918, Jan, April, July 1919) Russell’s most important book for linguistic analytic philosophers - complete and online. Russell’s Introduction to Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus , Kegan Paul, 1922. “Theory of Knowledge” Encyclopaedia Britannica , 13th ed. (1926) Two Russell reviews of A. J. Ayer’s, Language, Truth and Logic. “Philosophy and Grammar” Review of A.J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic . The London Mercury 33 (Mar 1936), 541-3. Review of A.J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic , 2nd ed. Horizon 15 (Jan 1947): 71-2. IV. THE GREAT WAR, AND RUSSELL’S LATER ESSAYS. “The Ethics of War” International Journal of Ethics 2, no. (Jan 1915) Russell on just war theory and an early expression of his moral subjectivism. “Non-Resistance and the Present War,” by Ralph Barton Perry, International Journal of Ethics (Apr 1915) Reply to Russell. “The War and Non-Resistance” International Journal of Ethics (Oct 1915) Rejoinder to Perry. “Adsum qui Feci” (trans.: “Here I am. I did it.”) The Times , May 17 1916, p.9. “Dreams and Facts” The Athenaeum , nos. 4,642-3 (Apr 18, 25 1919) Repr. Sceptical Essays. “Democracy and Direct Action” The Dial 66:445-8 (May 3, 1919) Repr. Daniel Bloomfield (ed.), Selected Articles on Modern Industrial Movements , H.W. Wilson, 1919. Why I Am Not a Christian , London, Watts & Co., 1927 First published as a pamphlet for the Rationalist Press Association Limited. “How I Came by My Creed” The Realist 1, no.6 (Sep 1929), 14-29 Also as “What I Believe,” The Forum 82 (Sep 1929), 129-34 An important autobiographical essay by Russell. “The Last Survivor of a Dead Epoch” The Listener 16 (Aug 12 1936), 289 Repr. as “Obituary” UE An “auto-obituary” written by Russell in 1936. “Philosophy for Laymen” Universities Quarterly 1 (Nov 1946) Russell’s best statement of what philosophy should be. “Nature and Origin of Scientific Method,” BBC broadcast transcript, The Listener 39 (May 27 1948), 865-6. “Scepticism and Tolerance,” BBC broadcast transcript, The Listener 40 (Sep 23 1948), 452-3. What Is Democracy? A Batchworth Press Background Book, 1953 Repr. FF, 78-110. “Education for a Difficult World,” Fact and Fiction , 1961 First published as “Education’s Place in a New Age,” Saturday Night (Toronto), 68, no. 22 (Mar 7 1953), 1, 7-8. The Russell-Einstein Manifesto Press Conference (audio), Jul 9 1955. “The Story of Colonization,” a BBC European Service talk, Jul 1956 Repr. FF, 120-26. “The Pros and Cons of Nationalism,” written for, and rejected by, the New York Times in 1956; first published in Fact and Fiction in 1961. “Population Pressure and War,” in The Human Sum , ed. C.H. Rolph, London, Heinemann, 1957 Repr. FF. “The Reasoning of Europeans,” a BBC Overseas Service talk, 1957 Repr. FF. “The Divorce of Science and Culture,” The UNESCO Courier 11, no.2 (Feb 1958), 4 Russell’s Kalinga prize acceptance speech. “University Education,” Arkansas University Alumnus , 1960 Repr. FF, 120-26. “What I Have Lived For,” Prologue to The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (1967) V. RUSSELL’S BOOKS ON THE GREAT WAR, AND AFTER. Prevent the Crime of Silence (1971) Reports from the International War Crimes Tribunal. VI. OTHER ARTICLES BY RUSSELL. “The Future of Man, The Atlantic Monthly , Mar 1951. “The Bomb and Civilization” Forward 39, no. 43 (Aug 1945) A hypertext of Russell’s first anti-nuclear writing. “The Congo”: excerpt from Freedom and Organization 1814–1914 (1934), Chapter XXXI, Imperialism. The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell. (Comments on Volume 1:) My second reading of this first volume (of 3) of Russell's autobio was so long delayed that I had forgotten that many of the chapters end with lengthy collections of letters. E . Читать весь отзыв. LibraryThing Review. This is supposed to be one of the greatest autobiographies written. Russell knew a large number of prominent people of his age. He was a free thinker about sex, and a most controversial figure. Vol II brgins at the start of WWI thru WWII. Читать весь отзыв. The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell , Том 1. 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