The basic writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959

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Epigrammatic Insights From the Pen of Russell 15 -- Part I Autobiographical Asides -- 1 My Religious Reminiscences 31 -- 2 My Mental Development 37 -- 3 Adaptation: An Autobiographical Epitome 51 -- 4 Why I Took to Philosophy 56. Part II The Nobel Prize Winning Man of Letters (Essayist and Short Story Writer) -- 5 How I Write 63 -- 6 A Free Man's Worship 66 -- 7 An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish: A Hilarious Catalogue of Organized and Individual Stupidity 73. 8 The Metaphysician's Nightmare 100 -- Part III The Philosopher of Language -- 9 Language 107 -- 10 Sentences, Syntax, and Parts of Speech 118 -- 11 The Uses of Language 131 -- 12 The Cult of 'Common Usage' 137. Part IV The Logician and Philosopher of Mathematics -- 13 Symbolic Logic 145 -- 14 On Induction 149 -- 15 Preface to Principia Mathematica 156 -- 16 Introduction to Principia Mathematica 161. 17 Summary of Part III, Principia Mathematica 164 -- 18 Summary of Part IV, Principia Mathematica 165 -- 19 Summary of Part V, Principia Mathematica 167 -- 20 Summary of Part VI, Principia Mathematica 170. 21 Introduction to the Second Edition, Principia Mathematica 172 -- 22 Mathematics and Logic 175 -- 23 The Validity of Inference 184 -- 24 Dewey's New Logic 191 -- 25 John Dewey 207 -- Part V The Epistemologist. 26 Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description 217 -- 27 Theory of Knowledge 225 -- 28 Epistemological Premisses 230 -- Part VI The Metaphysician -- 29 Materialism, Past and Present 237. 30 Language and Metaphysics 246 -- 31 The Retreat from Pythagoras 252 -- Part VII Historian of Philosophy -- 32 Philosophy in the Twentieth Century 259 -- 33 Aristotle's Logic 275 -- 34 St Thomas Aquinas 282. 35 Currents of Thought in the Nineteenth Century 292 -- 36 The Philosophy of Logical Analysis 301 -- Part VIII The Psychologist -- 37 Psychological and Physical Causal Laws 311 -- 38 Truth and Falsehood 320. 39 Knowledge Behaviouristically Considered 336 -- Part IX The Moral Philosopher -- 40 Styles in Ethics 345 -- 41 The Place of Sex Among Human Values 351 -- 42 Individual and Social Ethics 357 -- 43 'What I Believe' 367. 44 The Expanding Mental Universe 391 -- Part X The Philosopher of Education -- 45 Education 401 -- 46 The Aims of Education 413 -- 47 Emotion and Discipline 430 -- 48 The Functions of a Teacher 435. Part XI The Philosopher of Politics -- 49 The Reconciliation of Individuality and Citizenship 445 -- 50 Philosophy and Politics 454 -- 51 Politically Important Desires 468 -- 52 Why I am not a Communist 479. Part XII The Philosopher in the Field of Economics -- 53 Property 485 -- 54 Dialectical Materialism 500 -- 55 The Theory of Surplus Value 511 -- Part XIII The Philosopher of History -- 56 On History 521. 57 The Materialistic Theory of History 528 -- 58 History as an Art 532 -- Part XIV The Philosopher of Culture: East and West -- 59 Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted 547 -- 60 Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness 555. Part XV The Philosopher of Religion -- 61 The Essence of Religion 565 -- 62 What is an Agnostic? 577 -- 63 Why I am not a Christian 585 -- 64 Can Religion Cure our Troubles? 598 -- Part XVI The Philosopher and Expositor of Science. 65 Physics and Neutral Monism 607 -- 66 Science and Education 615 -- 67 Limitations of Scientific Method 620 -- 68 The New Physics and Relativity 628 -- 69 Science and Values 635 -- 70 Non-Demonstrative Inference 647. Part XVII The Analyst of International Affairs -- 71 The Taming of Power 663 -- 72 If We are to Survive this Dark Time 682 -- 73 What Would Help Mankind Most? 688 -- 74 Current Perplexities 693 -- 75 World Government 699. 76 The Next Half-Century 704 -- 77 Life Without Fear 710 -- 78 Science and Human Life 716 -- 79 Open Letter to Eisenhower and Khrushchev 726 -- 80 Man's Peril 729 -- 81 Methods of Settling Disputes in the Nuclear Age 733.