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Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes
Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Ivan R Dee
ISBN: 1566633575
Category: Philosophy
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Pages: 92
Pages: 92
In Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Russell s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes criticisms and comments on Russell s writings; a brief list of suggested
Language: en
Pages: 89
Pages: 89
“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them
Language: en
Pages: 87
Pages: 87
“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them
Language: en
Pages: 213
Pages: 213
When Aldous Huxley's Brave New World first appeared in 1932, it presented in terms of purest fantasy a society bent on self-destruction. Few of its outraged critics anticipated the onset of another world war with its Holocaust and atomic ruin. In 1948, seeing that the probable shape of his anti-utopia
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Is Western civilization in an accelerating decline? And if it continues will it eventually weaken and cause us to come to the end of cultured civilization as we now know it? "Yes," says David Jeremiah, and in his book, I Never Thought I'd See the Day! he details numerous signs