Bertrand Russell, for example, remains a towering reminder of intellectual bravery. Such clarity, though increasingly rare, has not vanished entirely. In our own time, figures like Episcopalian ...

"Western culture must be carried-on by America after the next war," Bertrand Russell, world-renowned author and philosopher, said when interviewed last night. Russell, who addressed the Ford Hall ...

An extract from Bertrand Russell's essay in Praise of Idleness. In praise of idleness - Bertrand Russell Can't switch off from work? Envy those 'lazy' strikers? In this 1932 essay, Bertrand Russell, ...

Do you need mathematics to become an AI/ML/tech expert…do the big guys really know much math?” I am asked this question often, especially by those trying to enter the field, and I like to ...

Bertrand Russell considers what matters should be controlled by the state in a progressive society, and what should be left to private initiative, in his fifth Reith lecture. Show more The ...

The philosopher, mathematician, and social reformer Bertrand Russell gives the inaugural Reith lectures, and in his first lecture, examines the role of impulses in human nature. Show more The ...

A HIGH standard is reached by most of the twenty-one essays in this imposing volume. Limitations of space make it impracticable to notice them separately; but some account may be given of the ...

Bertrand Russell received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he championed humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought. He was one of ...