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1	Conquest of Happiness more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist "The Conquest of Happiness" is Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion of "The Happy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	History of Western Philosophy more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas that have perplexed people from time immemorial, ... see all copies from $2.33! new only from $9.55! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Problems of Philosophy more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?". Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we might deal with them in ordinary life, but critically, after analyzing how and why the questions arise in the first place and clarifying the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist Why I am not a Christian is considered one of the most blasphemous philosophical documents ever written, and at a time when we have faith schools and wars over religious beliefs, its message today couldn't be more relevant. If religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always beset humankind - why are we here, what is the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.01! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Autobiography of Bertrand Russell more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. An influential figure of the 20th century, he transformed philosophy and can lay claim to being one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and was imprisoned several times as a result of his pacifism. His views on religion, education, sex, politics ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. With characteristic clarity and humour, Russell surveys the social and ... see all copies from $8.61! new only from $14.51! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Human Knowledge: Its Scope & Limits more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist How do we know what we 'know'? How did we - as individuals and as a society - come to accept certain knowledge as fact? In "Human Knowledge", Bertrand Russell questions the reliability of our assumptions on knowledge. This brilliant and controversial work investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge. First ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $25.88! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The ABC of Relativity more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist Ask a dozen people to name a genius and the odds are that "Einstein" will spring to their lips. Ask them the meaning of "relativity" and few of them will be able to tell you what it is. The basic principles of relativity have not changed since Russell first published his guide for the general reader. In the text Russell steers the reader who has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.19! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Unpopular Essays more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist A classic collection of Bertrand Russell's more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, "Unpopular Essays" is one of Russell's most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to 'combat! the growth in Dogmatism', on first publication in 1950 it met with critical acclaim and a wide readership and has since become one of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.37! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Principles of Mathematics more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist Published in 1903, this book was the first comprehensive treatise on the logical foundations of mathematics written in English. It sets forth, as far as possible without mathematical and logical symbolism, the grounds in favour of the view that mathematics and logic are identical. It proposes simply that what is commonly called mathematics are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.52! \| first editions
11 view cover	Mysticism and logic more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist 10 brilliant essays by a Nobel Prize-winning philosopher challenge romantic mysticism and promote a scientific view of society and nature. Russell explains his theory of logical atomism in these witty, cogent writings, which include popular treatments of religious and educational issues as well as more technical examinations of problems of logic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.49! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Satan in the suburbs and other stories more books like this by Bertrand Russell add to wishlist see all copies from $3.99! first editions
13 view cover	In Praise of Idleness more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist see all copies from $6.78! new only from $47.00!
14 view cover	Religion and Science more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist In this timely work, Russell, philosopher, agnostic, mathematician, and renowned peace advocate, offers a brief yet insightful study of the conflicts between science and traditional religion during the last four centuries. Examining accounts in which scientific advances clashed with Christian doctrine or biblical interpretations of the day, from ... see all copies from $2.12! new only from $10.74! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Inquiry Into Meaning & Truth more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist Bertrand Russell is concerned in this book with the foundations of knowledge. He approaches his subject through a discussion of language, the relationships of truth to experience and an investigation into how knowledge of the structure of language helps our understanding of the structure of the world. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $24.01! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A World Apart: Imprisonment in a Soviet Labor Camp During World War II more books like this by Gustaw Herling, Andrzej Ciolkosz (Translator), Bertrand Russell, Earl (Preface by) add to wishlist In 1940, the author, a Pole, was arrested by Stalin's police as he tried to cross the Soviet-Lithanian frontier. This memoir describes the two horrible years he spent in a Russian labor camp. see all copies from $4.80! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
17 view cover	Essays in Skepticism by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist see all copies from $2.15! new only from $9.36! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Common Sense & Nuclear Warfare more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist This title presents Bertrand Russell's keen insights into the threat of nuclear conflict, and his argument that the only way to end this threat is to end war itself. Written at the height of the Cold War, this book offers an understanding of Russell's involvement in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and his passionate campaigning for peace. It ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.27! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Education and the Good Life more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist There must be in the world many parents who, like the present author, have young children whom they are anxious to educate as well as possible, but reluctant to expose to the evils of most existing educational institutions. Thus from love for our own children we are driven, step by step, into the wider sphere of politics and philosophy. Contents: ... see all copies from $4.00! first editions
20 view cover	Analysis of Mind more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist One of Russell's most important and interesting books which reconciles the materialistic tendency of psychology with the anti-materialistic tendency of physics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.53! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Burning Conscience: The Case of the Hiroshima Pilot, Claude Eatherly more books like this by Claude Eatherly, Bertrand Arthur Russell, Earl (Illustrator), Gunther Anders add to wishlist see all copies from $4.99! new only from $89.13! \| first editions
22 view cover	My Philosophical Development more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist A survey such as this by one of the world's leading thinkers of his entire philosophical canon, is clearly as important as it is fascinating. It is a masterpiece of philosophical autobiography. see all copies from $6.81! new only from $25.50! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Wisdom of the West more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $155.94! \| first editions
24 view cover	Our Knowledge of the External World: As a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist So begins Our Knowledge of the External World , Bertrand Russell's classic 'attempt to show by means of examples, the nature, capacity and limitations of the logico-analytical method in philosophy'. This paperback edition of Our Knowledge of the External World includes a new introduction by John G. Slater, University of Toronto. FROM REVIEWS OF ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $16.05! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Principles of Social Reconstruction more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist Originally entitled "Why Men Fight", this text is generally seen as the fullest expression of Russell's political philosophy. Russell argues that after the experience of the Great War the individualistic approach of traditional liberalism has reached its limits. Political theory must be based on the motivated forces of creativity and impulse ... see all copies from $4.28! new only from $28.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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