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The Autobiography
Hardback
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:Hardback | | Pages:760 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Western philosophy from c 1900 to now |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780415189859
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| Classifications | Dewey:192 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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| Edition |
New edition
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| Illustrations |
index
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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| Imprint |
Routledge
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| Publication Date |
1 October 1985 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Thinker, philosopher, mathematician, eductional innovator and experimenter, champion of intellectual, social and sexual freedom, campaigner for peace and for civil and human rights, Bertrand Russell's life was one of incredible variety and richness. In keeping with his character and beliefs, his life story is told with vigour, disarming charm and total frankness. His childhood was bitterly lonely but unusually rich in experience. His adult life was spent grappling both with his own beliefs and the problems of the universe and mankind, and the pursuit of love and permanent happiness which resulted in no less than five marriages. The many storms and episodes of his life are recalled with the vivid freshness and clarity which characterised all Russell's writing. This new edition of Bertrand Russell's Autobiography , available for the first time in a one-volume hardback, is introduced by Michael Foot.
ReviewsKirkus 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 and who acclaims it as 'one of the truly great autobiographies in our language'. 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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