Fascinating, brilliant, oddly moving, a warm human picture this biography was enthusiastically received when it came out in 1957. And no wonder. It is not only the lively story of a distinguished man but a lucid account of his work and its significance. The author, who was himself a philosopher and journalist, has followed the bright thread of Russell s personality with affectionate insight, from the three-day-old baby who looked about him in a very energetic way, and the boy who jibbed at taking Euclid on trust, through the many turns of his life, to the undimmed octogenarian, still...

Fascinating, brilliant, oddly moving, a warm human picture this biography was enthusiastically received when it came out in 1957. And no wonder. It is not only the lively story of a distinguished man but a lucid account of his work and its significance. The author, who was himself a philosopher and journalist, has followed the bright thread of Russell s personality with affectionate insight, from the three-day-old baby who looked about him in a very energetic way, and the boy who jibbed at taking Euclid on trust, through the many turns of his life, to the undimmed octogenarian, still...