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In this classic essay, Russell offers a brilliant statement of some of the central beliefs and arguments underpinning his philosophy as a whole.

Excerpt: ...is on the whole happier than that of a man who enjoys an equal income without doing any work. A certain amount of effort, and something in the nature of a continuous career, are necessary to vigorous men if they are to preserve their mental health and their zest for life. A considerable amount of work is done without pay. People who take a rosy view of human nature might have supposed that the duties of a magistrate would be among ...

Excerpt: ...physics, which formally assumes a space containing points, straight lines, and planes, is found empirically to give results applicable to the sensible world. It must therefore be possible to find an interpretation of the points, straight lines, and planes of physics in terms of physical data, or at any rate in terms of data together with such hypothetical additions as seem least open to question. Since all data suffer from a lack o...

Excerpt: ...assumed. This is the reason for the definitions we have adopted, and this is the source of the apparent paradoxes. No harm is done if there are such common properties as language assumes, since we do not deny them, but merely abstain from asserting them. But if there are not such common properties in any given case, then our method has secured us against error. In the absence of special knowledge, therefore, the method we have adop...

Examines Ancient Greek philosophy, the French Revolution and the modern welfare state.

Presents an introduction to logical atomism and its application to ontology and epistemology.

Presents a comprehensive treatise on the logical foundation of mathematics.

Outlines the trans formative power of a progressive and thoughtful education - which for the author takes the form of education in knowledge.

Ethics are necessary because of the conflict between intelligence and impulse - if one were without the other, there would be no place for ethics. This title offers an account of the author's political position and an absorbing exploration of the ways individuals become socially purposeful.

Written at the height of the Cold War, the author argues that the only way to end the threat of nuclear war is to end war itself.

An autobiography of Russell that offers readers the story of his life - introducing the people, events and influences that shaped the man he was to become.

First published in 1925, Bertrand Russell's ABC of Relativity was considered a masterwork of its time, contributing significantly to the mass popularisation of science. Authoritative and accessible, it provides a remarkable introductory guide to Einstein's theory of Relativity for a general readership. One of the most definitive reference guides of its kind, and written by one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers, ABC of Re...

Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell".

Our Knowledge of the External World is a compilation of lectures Bertrand Russell delivered in the US in which he questions the very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy. In it he investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge and questions the means in which we have come to understand our physical world. This is an explosive and controversial work that illustrates instances where the claims of philosophers hav...

Offers a cross-cultural examination of individual, familial and societal attitudes towards sex and marriage. Exploring the codes by which we live our sexual lives and conventional morality, this title sets out a fresh morality, shaped and influenced by dramatic changes in society such as the emancipation of women and the use of contraceptives.

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 his most accessible and popular books.

Originally published: London: George Allen & Unwin, 1931.

Originally published: London, New York: Longmans, Green, 1910.