May 18, 1872 — February 2, 1970
Description : 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)
Tags : mathematician, logician, philosopher, freethinker, historian, social critic, writer, activist, pacifist, socialist.
Quotes :
"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, 1945.)
"...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, 1945.)
"Either war or civilization must end..." (From : "The Bomb and Civilization," by Bertrand Russell, 1945.)
Biography :
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970 ) was born in Trelleck, Wales. His parents died when he was three years old. He was educated privately and went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a brilliant student of mathematics and philosophy. In 1900, Russell became acquainted with the work of the Italian mathematician Peano, which inspired him to write The Principles of Mathematics (1903), expanded in collaboration with Alfred North Whitehead into three volumes of Principia Mathematica (1910-13). The research, which Russell did during this period together with Whitehead and which is preserved in many books and essays, establishes him as one of the founding fathers of modern analytical philosophy. Throughout his life Russell has also been an extremely outspoken and aggressive moralist in the rationalist tradition of Locke and Hume. His many essays, often in the form of short reflections or observations on moral or psychological topics, are written in a terse, vivid, and provocative style. His greatest literary achievement has been his History of Western Philosophy (1946).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, but in 1946 he was reelected a Fellow. In 1918, he even went to prison for six months, where he wrote his Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy (1919). In 1920, Russell traveled in Russia and, subsequently, taught philosophy at Peking for a year. He went to the United States in 1938 and taught there for several years at various universities. Lord Russell has been a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1908; he succeeded to the earldom in 1931 and, in 1949, received the Order of Merit.
In recent years Lord Russell has been active in political organizations such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and other groups with similar aims. The first two volumes of his autobiography, covering the years from 1872 to 1944, appeared in 1967 and 1968, respectively.
Bertrand Russel died in 1970.
From : Anarchy Archives.
Works :
Author of The Bomb and Civilization (August 18, 1945)
Author of Proposed Roads to Freedom (November 30, 1917)
Author of A Free Man's Worship (November 30, 1903)
Author of A Liberal Decalogue (January 01, 1970)
Author of Of Cooperation (January 01, 1970)
Author of On Sales Resistance (June 22, 1932)
Author of Politics (January 01, 1970)
Author of The Problems of Philosophy (November 30, 1911)
Author of The Impulse to Power (November 30, 1937)
Author of In Praise of Idleness (January 01, 1970)
Author of Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind (January 01, 1970)
Author of The Twilight of Science (June 30, 1929)
Author of Why Men Fight (November 30, 1916)
Author of 1967 (January 01, 1970)
Chronology :
May 18, 1872 : Bertrand Russell's Birth Day.
February 02, 1970 : Bertrand Russell's Death Day.
November 15, 2016 : Bertrand Russell's Added.
January 09, 2022 : Bertrand Russell's Updated.
Links :
• Anarchy Archives: Bertrand Russell Archive
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bright/russell/index.html
• Anarchist Library: Bertrand Russell
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/bertrand-russell
• Wikipedia: Bertrand Russell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell
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