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The Metaphysical Philosophy of Bertrand Russell

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A biography of philosopher Bertand Russell whose classic work, "Analysis of the Mind," shows the connections between Russell's views on the nature of the mind and how matter is altered in relation to it.

"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it"

- Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism.

Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 in Wales, England as a member of a famous British family. He received a degree from Trinity Cambridge College with honors in Mathematics and Moral Sciences. His most famous works included the subjects of logic and philosophy, which were deeply rooted in his mathematics background. In fact, Russell is probably the most highly regarded and most read English-speaking philosopher of our time. Russell was not merely an intellectual, but also a political and social activist, writing many papers and pamphlets speaking out against war, nuclear technology and Fascism. Russell was, in fact, jailed for.....

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