PHIL 180 Lecture 18: Russell on human Nature
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Bertrand arthur william russell, 3rd earl russell, (1872 1970) was a british philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, atheist, and social critic. He is considered, along with his prot g ludwig. Wittgenstein, one of the founders of analytic philosophy and is widely held to be one of the 20th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tury"s (cid:373)ost i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t logi(cid:272)ia(cid:374)s. he (cid:272)o-authored, with a. n. whitehead, principia mathematica, an attempt to ground mathematics in logic. His writings were voluminous and covered a vast range of topics including politics, ethics, and religion. Russell"s (cid:448)ie(cid:449) of the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of life is set forth (cid:373)ost (cid:272)learly i(cid:374) his (cid:1005)9(cid:1004)(cid:1007) essay: (cid:862)a free ma(cid:374)"s worship. (cid:863) It is truly one of the classics of the meaning of life literature. It begins with an imaginary conversation about the history of creation between mephistopheles, the devil, and dr. faustus, a man who sells his soul to the de(cid:448)il i(cid:374) retur(cid:374) for po(cid:449)er a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ealth.
