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BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM RUSSELL (1872–1970)

The Case For Agnosticism (1890)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012457774

German Social Democracy (1896)

ℹ️ "The following six Lectures were delivered at the London School of Economics and Political Science in February and March 1896. They are not intended to supply a full history of Social Democracy in Germany, but rather to bring into relief those aspects of such a history which seemed to the author to have been the most important in producing the present political situation. The principle of selection, accordingly, has been throughout to emphasise the events and the speculations which have led to the actual state of feeling. Thus in treating of Marx, I have confined myself to those parts of his work which have chiefly influenced Socialistic opinion in Germany, and have treated very slightly the second and third volumes of Das Kapital, which have not yet, so far as I was able to discover, had any considerable influence in modifying the effects of the first volume.

Again, in the Lecture on Lassalle, I have laid far more stress on his debts to Marx than on those to Rodbertus; not because the latter were less important in Lassalle himself, but because, so far as his political effect is concerned, the views ho owed to Rodbertus had little result; while those which came from Marx, on the contrary, bore good fruit, both directly and indirectly, in the subsequent growth of Social Democracy."
(Preface)

https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.237125/page/n3/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/germansocialdem00russgoog/page/n8/mode/2up

An Essay On The Foundations Of Geometry (1897)

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52091

A Critical Exposition Of The Philosophy Of Leibniz (1900)

ℹ️ "A few personal remarks may serve to explain why I believe a book on Leibniz to be not wholly uncalled for. In the Lent Term of 1899 I delivered a course of lectures on the Philosophy of Leibniz at Trinity College, Cambridge. In preparing these lectures, I found myself, after reading most of the standard commentators and most of Leibniz's connected treatises, still completely in the dark as to the grounds which had led him to many of his opinions. Why he thought that monads cannot interact; how he became persuaded of the Identity of Indiscemibles ; what he meant by the law of Sufficient Reason—these and many other questions seemed to demand an answer, but to find none. I felt—as many others have felt—that the Monadology was a kind of fantastic fairy tale, coherent perhaps, but wholly arbitrary. At this point I read the Biscours de Metaphysique and the letters to Arnauld. Suddenly a flood of light was thrown on all the inmost recesses of Leibaiz's philosophical edifice. I saw how its foundations were laid, and how its superstructure rose out of them. It appeared that this seemingly fantastic system could be deduced from a few simple premisses, which, but for the conclusions which Leibniz had drawn from them, many, if not most, philosophers would have been willing to admit. It seemed not unreasonable to hope that the passages which had seemed illuminating to me would seem so also to others. I have therefore, in what follows, begun with the doctrines contained in these passages, and endeavoured as far as possible to exhibit the theory of monads as a rigid deduction from a small number of, premisses. The monad thus appears, not at the beginning of the exposition, but after a long preliminary chain of reasoning. And it must, I think, be allowed that, if this account be correct, Leibniz's value as a philosopher is very much greater than that which would result from the customary expositions." (Preface)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924052172271/page/n7/mode/2up

Is Position In Time And Space Absolute Or Relative? (1901)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100347800

The Principles Of Mathematics (1903)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924001610421/page/n5/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/principlesofmath01russ

The Philosophical Importance Of Mathematical Logic (1913/10 · The Monist)

📖 13 pages long.

https://archive.org/details/jstor-27900452/page/n1/mode/2up

The Philosophy Of Bergson (1914) · With Herbert Wildon Carr (1857–1931)

📖 37 pages long. Divided into short chapters.

https://archive.org/details/philosophyofberg00russ/page/n3/mode/2up

War: The Offspring Of Fear (1914)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004212841

The Philosophy Of Pacifism (1915)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100182217

Justice In War-Time (1916)

ℹ️ "The following essays, of which all except the last two have appeared in various magazines, were written at different times during the course of the war, and are not perhaps wholly consistent in their expectations as to the future, or in their view as to the attitude of the ordinary citizen towards war. In such matters, the development of events inevitably somewhat modifies first impressions. The view that the bulk of the population is naturally pacific, and is only incited to war by politicians and journalists, is widely held among pacifists, but is vehemently rejected by the more bellicose, who point out that men have an instinct of pugnacity, which demands war from time to time. I think it is true that many men have an instinct towards war, but unless it is roused by its appropriate stimulus it may well remain completely latent. The instinct, and the machinations of warmongers, are both needed to bring about war ; if either were coped with, the other would be no longer operative for evil. In the following essays I have dealt sometimes with the one, sometimes with the other ; but both are essential factors in the problem, and neither can be neglected by any prudent friend of peace." (Preface)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924026354609

https://archive.org/details/justiceinwartime01russ

Principles Of Social Reconstruction (1916)

ℹ️ "My aim is to suggest a philosophy of politics based upon the belief that impulse has more effect than conscious purpose in moulding men's lives. Most impulses may be divided into two groups, the possessive and the creative, according as they aim' at acquiring or retaining something that cannot be shared, or at bringing into the world some valuable thing, such as knowledge or art or goodwill, in which there is no private property. I consider the best life that which is most built on creative impulses, and the worst that which is most inspired by love of possession. Political institutions have a very great influence upon the dispositions of men and women, and should be such as to promote creativeness at, the expense of possessiveness. The State, war, and property are the chief political embodiments of the possessive impulses ; education, marriage, and religion ought to embody the creative impulses, though at present they do so very inadequately. Liberation of creativeness ought to be the principle of reform both in politics and in economics. It is this conviction which has led to the writing of these lectures." (Preface)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924032577532

https://archive.org/details/cu31924002692683/page/n5/mode/2up

Rex v. Bertrand Russell: Report Of Proceedings Before The Lord Mayor (1916)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002433198

The Policy Of The Entente, 1904-14: A Reply To Professor Gilbert Murray (1916)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005875703

Two Years' Hard Labour For Refusing To Disobey The Dictates Of Conscience (1916)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100154485

Why Men Fight: A Method Of Abolishing The International Duel (1916)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924032577524/page/n7/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/whymenfightmetho0000russ/page/n9/mode/2up

The German Peace Offer (1918)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100144378

Free Thought And Official Propaganda (1922)

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44932

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.223071/page/n5/mode/2up

A Free Man's Worship (1923 Edition · With A Special Preface)

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101005971245&view=2up&seq=10&size=125

The ABC Of Atoms (1923) ✓

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76106

https://archive.org/details/abcofatoms0000bert/page/n5/mode/2up

The Prospects Of Industrial Civilization (1923 · 1st Edition)

https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.12090

Bolshevism And The West (1924)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001136797

Icarus; Or, The Future Of Science (1924)

https://archive.org/details/icarusorfutureof00russ/page/n5/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/icarusorfutureof0000russ/page/n5/mode/2up

International Debate Of The Day!: Can The Soviet Idea Take Hold Of America, England And France? (1924)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007037959

The ABC Of Relativity (1925 · 1st Edition)

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015066436612&view=2up&seq=4

What I Believe (1925)

📖 88 pages long.

ℹ️ "In this little book, I have tried to say what I think of man’s place in the universe, and of his possibilities in the way of achieving the good life. In Icarus I expressed my fears ; in the following pages I have expressed my hopes. The inconsistency is only apparent. Except in astronomy, mankind have not achieved the art of predicting the future ; in human affairs, we can see that there are forces making for happiness, and forces making for misery. We do not know which will prevail, but to act wisely we must be aware of both." (Preface)

https://archive.org/details/whatibelieve0000russ/page/n5/mode/2up

Why I Am Not A Christian (1927)

ℹ️ Little Blue Book No. 772.

ℹ️ Wikipedia

https://archive.org/details/whyiamnotchristi1372russ/page/n1/mode/2up

The Amberley Papers; The Letters And Diaries Of Bertrand Russell's Parents (1937) · With Patricia Russell (1910–2004)

Volume 1

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005449593&view=2up&seq=10

Volume 2

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4071213&view=2up&seq=8
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