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The Autobiography
Paperback
Main Details
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The Autobiography
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Bertrand Russell
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Introduction by Michael Foot
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback | | Pages:760 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Biographies:General
Western philosophy from c 1900 to now |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780415228626
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| Classifications | Dewey:192 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Edition |
2nd Revised edition
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| Illustrations |
black & white illustrations
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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| Imprint |
Routledge
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| Publication Date |
10 March 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. An influential figure of the 20th century, he transformed philosophy and can lay claim to being one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and was imprisoned several times as a result of his pacifism. His views on religion, education, sex, politics and many other topics made him one of the most read and revered writers of the age. This edition contains an introduction by the politician and scholar, Michael Foot, which explores the status of this book nearly 30 years after the publication ofthe final volume.
Reviews"Riveting...the detailed expression of a mind of a genius in the making."-Jessica Mitford "He is frank about himself--his acts, thoughts and emotions--as Pepys or Rousseau, and the book is, therefore, like theirs, an extraordinary psychological revelation."-Leonard Woolf Kirkus Review US:Russell's autobiography first appeared in three volumes some 30 years ago. Here all three appear in one tome, with several other notes by and about him, and a foreword by Michael Foot with whom he worked in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Russell was a hard-working philosopher and historian as well as a connection of half the greatest houses in England; a pillar of rational thought; and a wonderfully indiscreet writer. This work leaves out little from an exceptionally complicated personal history. (Kirkus UK)
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