Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

â€œDevastating in its use of cold logic,â€ (The Independent), the classic essay collection that expresses the freethinkerâ€™s views to religion and challenges set notions in todayâ€™s society from one of the most influential intellectual figures of the twentieth century.

Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned with the basic questions to which religion also addresses itselfâ€”questions about manâ€™s place in the universe and the nature of the good life, questions that involve life after death, morality, freedom, education, and sexual ethics. He brings to his treatment of these questions the same courage, scrupulous logic, and lofty wisdom for which his other work as philosopher, writer, and teacher has been famous. These qualities make the essays included in this book perhaps the most graceful and moving presentation of the freethinker's position since the days of Hume and Voltaire.

â€œI am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue,â€ Russell declares in his Preface, and his reasoned opposition to any system or dogma which he feels may shackle manâ€™s mind runs through all the essays in this book, whether they were written as early as 1899 or as late as 1954.

The book has been edited, with Lord Russellâ€™s full approval and cooperation, by Professor Paul Edwards of the Philosophy Department of New York University. In an Appendix, Professor Edwards contributes a full account of the highly controversial â€œBertrand Russell Caseâ€ of 1940, in which Russell was judicially declared â€œunfitâ€ to teach philosophy at the College of the City of New York.

Whether the reader shares or rejects Bertrand Russellâ€™s views, he will find this book an invigorating challenge to set notions, a masterly statement of a philosophical position, and a pure joy to read.
Country USA
Brand Touchstone
Manufacturer Touchstone
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780671203238
ReleaseDate 1967-10-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780671203238

Country	USA
Brand	Touchstone
Manufacturer	Touchstone
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780671203238
ReleaseDate	1967-10-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780671203238

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

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