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Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
Bertrand Russell
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This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" details the impact of the 1900 World Congress of Philosophers on Russell's development and the hope that new methods in mathematics could be applied to the solution of ancient philosophical problems. Many of the subsequent essays show the evolution of this hope as Russell worked on the foundations of mathematics and applied the new methods to the reconstruction of physical objects on the basis of sense-data, and the redefinition of matter and cause.
This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" details the impact of the 1900 World Congress of Philosophers on Russell's development and the hope that new methods in mathematics could be applied to the solution of ancient philosophical problems. Many of the subsequent essays show the evolution of this hope as Russell worked on the foundations of mathematics and applied the new methods to the reconstruction of physical objects on the basis of sense-data, and the redefinition of matter and cause.
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In philosophy, hitherto, ethical neutrality has been seldom sought and hardly ever achieved. Men have remembered their wishes, and have judged philosophies in relation to their wishes. Driven from the particular sciences, the belief that the notions of good and evil must afford a key to the understanding of the world has sought a refuge in philosophy. But even from this last refuge, if philosophy is not to remain a set of pleasing dreams, this belief must be driven forth. It is a commonplace that [31]happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly; and . . . Read More
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There is something strange about Russell’s writing. Although he often adopts a formal, even stilted, style, and tackles the most abstruse logical problems, his personality is always floating in the background, barely out of sight. The feeling is like Russell is there, in the room with you, reading a
Sometimes brilliant, but sometimes tedious examination of philosophy and science, good and evil, logic and mysticism, and knowledge itself.
Bertie could dazzle us with his education but prefers to write from the heart. Rather than eviscerate Mysticism as superstitious nonsense, he places a value on mystical experiences as being real catalysts which often inspire subsequent scientifically rigorous work.
"But the greatest of men who have
مقالاتي از راسل، فيلسوف تحليلي معروف قرن 20
اين كتاب مجموعه 11 مقاله نه چندان مرتبطه كه دريابندري انتخاب كرده و در كنار هم قرار داده. عنوان كتاب هم بر اساس يكي از اين مقالات انتخاب شده. بعضي از اين مقالات ساده و بدون پيچيدگيه و بعضي ديگه از نظر فلسفي سنگينتره ولي در كل به نظرم براي خواندن كتاب نياز
این مجموعه که با قلم گیرای نجف دریابندری به‌فارسی ترجمه شده، گزیده‌ای است از مقاله‌های برتراند راسل، فیلسوف پرآوازۀ انگلیسی. فارغ از چند مقاله‌ای که بیش‌ازحد تخصصی است، اکثر مقاله‌ها برای مخاطب عامی که به اندیشه‌گری دل‌بستگی داشته باشد، خواندنی و جذاب است. از این میان، سه مقالۀ «چگونه می‌نویسم» و «چ