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Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell's famed atheism. It is also one of the most notorious. Used as evidence in a 1940 court case in which Russell was declared unfit to teach college-level philosophy, What I Believe was to become one of his most defining works. The ideas contained within were and are controversial, contentious and - to the religious - downright blasphemous. A remarkable work, it remains the best concise introduction to Russell's thought.



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'Bertrand Russell wrote the best English prose of any twentieth-century philosopher.' - Anthony Howard, The Times

'Bertrand Russell attributed religion to a primitive terror of the unknown and the desire for a kindly older brother to stand alongside us.' - The Age



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PREFACE TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION, PREFACE, 1. NATURE AND MAN, 2. THE GOOD LIFE, 3. MORAL RULES, 4. SALVATION: INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL, 5. SCIENCE AND HAPPINESS, INDEX

What I Believe

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
      Published 2 February 2004
      ISBN-13 9780415325097
      978-0415325097
      ISBN-10 0415325099
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell's famed atheism. It is also one of the most notorious. Used as evidence in a 1940 court case in which Russell was declared unfit to teach college-level philosophy, What I Believe was to become one of his most defining works. The ideas contained within were and are controversial, contentious and - to the religious - downright blasphemous. A remarkable work, it remains the best concise introduction to Russell's thought.



      Trade Review

      'Bertrand Russell wrote the best English prose of any twentieth-century philosopher.' - Anthony Howard, The Times

      'Bertrand Russell attributed religion to a primitive terror of the unknown and the desire for a kindly older brother to stand alongside us.' - The Age



      Table of Contents
      PREFACE TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION, PREFACE, 1. NATURE AND MAN, 2. THE GOOD LIFE, 3. MORAL RULES, 4. SALVATION: INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL, 5. SCIENCE AND HAPPINESS, INDEX

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