Ebook The Analysis of Mind edition by Bertrand Russell Politics Social Sciences eBooks

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The Analysis of Mind edition by Bertrand Russell Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews

• Ever since the 1900 Paris Exhibition of Mathematicians--together with such as David O. Hilbert--Earl Bertrand Russell attempted to subsume every field of principled knowledge including great poetry into mathematical logic--e.g "Principia Mathematica" (C.f. that of the fraudster Isaac Newton). One dimension of Russell's deliberate destruction of science and art, was as from Aristotle to say mankind can know nothing but what his 5 senses tell him--e.g. Russell would make man an ape-like being, incapable of discovering anew idea; or, of what Plato wrote of a slave boy, that he had presupposed ideas equal to any human being potentially as a"Divine Spark of Reason." In the "Impact of Science on Society" Russell called for a plague to regularly kill off most humans--so "that the higher-minded might procreate freely." Students subjected to years working on this mind destroyer;or Hilberts' 23 upon 23 upon 23 problems, rarely can create anything by way of the realm of ideas. And, so Russell desired it, as when he said that with sufficient repeating, a child will hold that "snow is black." Or, the ugly beautiful--e.g.The Committee of Cultural Freedom, that was one more step toward when President Truman, Winston Churchill; and Russell called for species death by "preventive war" with nuclear weapons and at least weaponized Bubonic Plague and LSD; and, few stood up to it. The drugged "Deathfests" of youth today; and, acceptance of green fascist genocide to rock-drug-sex are among the evil results of Russell et al.
• I am now 83 old and have read Bertrand Russell"s writings since my colege years. His words and content flow suavely into my mind since then . I have taken even paragraphs containing the essence of his thoughts in any one subject to quote in conferences I have proferrred in my years as a college professor.
• One of my favorite books use daily.
• A bit dry at times but full of deep thoughts on the workings of he mind. Favorite quote on evolving every day was "Any of us confronted by a forgotten letter written some years ago will be astonished to find how much more foolish our opinions were than we had remembered them as being".
• Granted, this is my first reading of one of Bertrand Russell's works, and "The Analysis of Mind" is an interesting reading, regardless of the impression of it being outdated (1921). However, at the time of the publication, I'd say that it's quite insightful. Now, from reading, he is, quite right, saying that we take things for granted and focus on being more conscious than lulling ourselves into laziness, generally speaking.
  
  The book is broken into fifteen "lectures" (rather than "chapters") with each can be a slightly dry read, but with care and patience, one can grasp what the author's saying. It'll force one to think and ponder on the author's thoughts. Personally, I found a lecture on "Truth and Falsehood" to be quite fascinating.
  
  While the version can be an unreadable in several area, it's still a good read as one gets used to it (at least, to me anyway).
• It takes some focus to follow some of his thoughts, but the challenge is rewarding in total.
• I chose this book too quickly on the phone for my kindle. I wanted a Bertrand Russell book. I consider myself a sophisticated reader, but this is a book of lectures,and does not lend itself well to the written word. I would not recommend it to the casual reader.
• ok reference