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Bertrand Russell : the ghost of madness, 1921-1970 / Ray Monk.
Van Pelt Library B1649.R94 M66 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monk, Ray.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
- Russell, Bertrand.
- Philosophers--England--Biography.
- Philosophers.
- England.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 574 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Free Press edition.
- Other Title:
- Ghost of madness
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- The most public half of Russell's life is the subject of the second volume of this biography. How did the greatest philosopher of the 20th century, a genius of analytical philosophy, come to live in a storm of vanity, doubt, and fear? Monk tells a larger-than-life tale of the tragic failure of rationality to provide a complete answer to life's challenges.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : J. Cape, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [547]-558) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0743212150
- OCLC:
- 45325537
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