In a discussion on philosophy, Bertrand Russell defines philosophy as speculation about matters beyond current scientific knowledge. He contrasts philosophy with science, stating that while ...

Lord Bertrand Russell's “ Open Letter to Eisenhower and Khrushchev ” (New Statesman and Nation, Nov. 23, 1957), urging a summit meeting to consider “ the conditions of co-existence ...

The brilliant British philosopher and activist offers his views on Indian independence. Jul 27, 2009 / Feature / Bertrand Russell "I went to Russia believing myself a communist, but contact with ...

BERTRAND RUSSELL: The Ghost of Madness. By Ray Monk. Free Press, $40. THE splendid subtitles of Ray Monk's two-volume biography of philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell illuminate two ...

In 1915, D. H. Lawrence, who had won recognition with his novel Sons and Lovers, met Berfrand Russell, philosopher and mathematician. Both men opposed the war and all it represented, and they ...

Bertrand Russell died of influenza on 2 February 1970 at his home, Plas Penrhyn, in Penrhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire, Wales. He was cremated at Colwyn Bay three days later.

We are used to thinking of idleness as a vice, something to be ashamed of. But when the British philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote “In Praise of Idleness” in 1932, at the height of the Great ...

Bertrand Russell, ‘Our Knowledge of the External World: As a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy’ ... Download the best of Radio 3's Free Thinking programme. Podcast. In Our Time.