 | The Problems of Philosophy — Note to the Seventeenth ImpressionBy Bertrand Russell (1912) |
|
| The Problems of Philosophy — Note to the Seventeenth ImpressionBy Bertrand Russell (1912) |
|
../ggcms/src/templates/revoltlib/view/display_grandchildof_anarchism.php
British Mathematician with a Socialist, Pacifist, Freethinker's Ideology
: Russell's external career has been checkered. The descendant of one of the great families of the Whig aristocracy, he has always delighted in standing up for his radical convictions with willful stubbornness. In 1916, he was deprived of his lectureship at Trinity College, Cambridge, after his pacifist activities had brought him into conflict with the government... (From: Anarchy Archives.)
• "It is impossible to imagine a more dramatic and horrifying combination of scientific triumph with political and moral failure than has been shown to the world in the destruction of Hiroshima." (From: "The Bomb and Civilization," by Bertrand Russell, ....)
• "Either war or civilization must end..." (From: "The Bomb and Civilization," by Bertrand Russell, ....)
• "...if atomic bombs are used on both sides, it is to be expected that all large cities will be completely wiped out..." (From: "The Bomb and Civilization," by Bertrand Russell, ....)
                  |
Note to the Seventeenth Impression
WITH reference to certain statements on pages 44, 75, 131, and
132, it should be remarked that this book was written in the early
part of 1912 when China was still an Empire, and the name of the then
late Prime Minister did begin with the letter B.
1943
British Mathematician with a Socialist, Pacifist, Freethinker's Ideology
: Russell's external career has been checkered. The descendant of one of the great families of the Whig aristocracy, he has always delighted in standing up for his radical convictions with willful stubbornness. In 1916, he was deprived of his lectureship at Trinity College, Cambridge, after his pacifist activities had brought him into conflict with the government... (From: Anarchy Archives.)
• "It is impossible to imagine a more dramatic and horrifying combination of scientific triumph with political and moral failure than has been shown to the world in the destruction of Hiroshima." (From: "The Bomb and Civilization," by Bertrand Russell, ....)
• "...if atomic bombs are used on both sides, it is to be expected that all large cities will be completely wiped out..." (From: "The Bomb and Civilization," by Bertrand Russell, ....)
• "Either war or civilization must end..." (From: "The Bomb and Civilization," by Bertrand Russell, ....)
No comments so far. You can be the first!
<< Last Entry in The Problems of Philosophy | Current Entry in The Problems of Philosophy Note to the Seventeenth Impression | Next Entry in The Problems of Philosophy >> |
All Nearby Items in The Problems of Philosophy | ||
Note to the Seventeenth Impression
