Perhaps no one has written more eloquently about growing old than the great philosopher Bertrand Russell Continue reading Bertrand Russell: “How To Grow Old”
Category Archives: Russell
Bertrand Russell’s Last Manuscript
The history of Russell’s last manuscript is fascinating. This excerpt from the Independent tells the story: Continue reading Bertrand Russell’s Last Manuscript
Bertrand Russell’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Bertrand Russell won the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature “in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.” Continue reading Bertrand Russell’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Summary of Bertrand Russell’s “In Praise of Idleness”
In 1932, at age 60, my exact age as I write this post, Bertrand Russell penned a provocative essay, “In Praise of Idleness.” Russell begins,
… I was brought up on the saying: ‘Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.’ Continue reading Summary of Bertrand Russell’s “In Praise of Idleness”
Bertrand Russell: What He Believed
Readers of this blog know that Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970) is one of my intellectual heroes. In the video above, filmed when Russell was about ninety years old, he explains why he isn’t religious. Continue reading Bertrand Russell: What He Believed