It is difficult to overstate the extent to which Russell's thought dominated twentieth century analytic philosophy: virtually every strand in its development either originated with him or was transformed by being transmitted through him. Analytic philosophy itself owes its existence more to Russell than to any other philosopher.

Bertrand Russell would not have wished to be called a saint of any description; but he was a great and good man.

I can remember Bertrand Russell telling me of a horrible dream. He was in the top floor of the University Library, about A.D. 2100. A library assistant was goi…

If a 'religion' is defined to be a system of ideas that contains unprovable statements, then Godel taught us that mathematics is not only a religion, it is the…

It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill.

My dear Wormwood, I note what you say about guiding your patient's reading and taking care that he sees a good deal of his materialist friend. But are you not …

I know not whether any man in the world has had more influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last thirty years than Tom Paine.