| Description |
1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Christmas at Sea; How People Economise; Do Dogs Think?; How People Take Failure; On Conceit; On Bores; Politics and Sport; On Reticence; The Good Old Days; On Becoming Civilised; On the Art of Persuading; The Prospects of Democracy; The Admiration of Strength; The Triumph of Stupidity; On Utilitarianism; On Race Hatred; The Spirit of Adventure; What Makes People Likeable; On Self-Righteousness; Emotions About Spending Money; The Origin of Victorian Virtue; On Propriety; I Escape from Progress; Experts and Oligarchs |
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Fugitive and Cloistered VirtueOn Being Ashamed of Virtue; Men versus Insects; The Paralysis of Statesmanship; On Orthodoxies; Means to Ends; Individualist Ethics; The Cult of the Individual; On Being Argumentative; On Mediaevalism; In Praise of Dullness; The End of Pioneering; Combating Cruelty; Can We Think Quickly Enough?; On Discipline; Expecting the Millennium; The Churches and War; On Loving Our Neighbours; On Self-Control; Respect for Law; On Euthanasia; On Equality; The Father of the Family; On the Origins of Common Customs; On Transferring One's Anger; On Adult Education |
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On Curious BeliefsCompetitive Ethics; Is Anybody Normal?; Egoism; Back to Nature?; Parental Affection; Benevolence and Love of Power; Irrational Opinions; Science and Happiness; Social Sciences in Schools; Race and Nationality; The Problem of Leisure; What to Believe; Instinct in Human Beings; Fashions in Virtues; On Comets; Fear and Amusement; On Curious Learning; On Being Important; Censorship by Progressives; Protecting the Ego; Climate and Saintliness; Why Travel?; Obscure Fame; Insanity and Insight; On Ceremony; Love of Money; On Specialising; Good Manners and Hypocrisy |
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On Being InsultingVigorous and Feeble Epochs; The Decrease of Knowledge; Notes; Published Essay Titles |
| Summary |
"Every man would like to be God, if it were possible; some few find it difficult to admit the impossibility."--Bertrand Russell From 1931-1935 Bertrand Russell was one of the regular contributors to the literary pages of the New York American, together with other distinguished authors, such as Aldous Huxley and Vita Sackville-West. Mortals and Others Volume II presents a further selection of his essays, ranging from the politically correct, to the perfectly obscure: from The Prospects of Democracy to Men Versus Insects. Eve |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ruja, Harry
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| ISBN |
9781317835431 |
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1317835433 |
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