A this year's Nobel prize winner writes about man, nature,
civilization, science, religion, politics, superstitions, mores,
God and philosophy in these eleven essays, eight of which are new.
Mr. Russell is an erudite, talented and witty writer - and a
controversial figure in educational circles. Here is his personal
philosophy, presented, for the most part, with philosophic calm,
though he takes occasional bites at Plato, Aristotle, and some more
modern. His purpose- to fight the growth of dogmatism, at the base
of world tragedy. A believer in empirical liberalism, and therefore
in democracy, he sees a world government arrived at conceivably
through force as modern man's only solution. He speculates that one
of the following will occur:- (1) the end of human life; (2) a
reversion to barbarism after a catastrophic dimunition of global
population; (3) world government. If the latter can be achieved, a
good, leisurely and satisfying life will follow. (Kirkus Reviews)
In this volume of essays Russell is concerned to combat, in one way or another, the growth of dogmatism, whether of the Left or of the Right, which has hitherto characterised our tragic century.
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