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History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
48.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
Hailed as "lucid and magisterial" byThe Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration o ...Show more
In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell; Bradley Trevor Greive
21.00 NZD
Category: Essays
Most People Would Die Sooner Than Think - Bertrand Russell Considered othe Voltaire of his timeo, Bertrand Russell was a fearless iconoclast who stood unbowed before political and religious leaders; his disdain for conventional thinking and accepted beliefs set him apart from his academic peers and at o ...Show more
In Praise of Idleness: And Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
32.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Routledge Classics
Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. From a devastating critique o ...Show more
Power by Bertrand Russell
36.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
The key to human nature that Marx found in wealth and Freud in sex, Bertrand Russell finds in power. Power, he argues, is man's ultimate goal, and is, in its many guises, the single most important element in the development of any society. Writting in the late 1930s when Europe was being torn apart by e ...Show more
Sceptical Essays by Bertrand Russell
27.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Routledge Classics
'These propositions may seem mild, yet, if accepted, they would absolutely revolutionize human life.' With these words Bertrand Russell introduces what is indeed a revolutionary book. Taking as his starting-point the irrationality of the world, he offers by contrast something 'wildly paradoxical and su ...Show more
Why I am not a Christian: and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects by Bertrand Russell
32.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Routledge Classics
'Why I am not a Christian' is considered one of the most blasphemous philosophical documents ever written, and at a time when we have faith schools and wars over religious beliefs, its message today couldn't be more relevant. If religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always b ...Show more
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