The Philosophy of Mr. With an Appendix of Leading Passages from Certain Other Works (Classic Reprint)

Mr. Brtrnd Rssll, following the advice of Mr. Wllm Jms, again got into touch with reality and in July 1911 was torn to pieces by A nti-S uffragists, many of whom were political opponents of Mr. Rssll and held strong views on theN ecessity of Protection ofT rade and person, a manuscript which was almost ready for the press was fortunately saved from the flames on the occasion when a body of eager champions of theS acredness of Personal Property burnt the late Mr. Rssll shouse. This manuscript, together with some further fragments found in the late Mr. RssH sown interleaved copy of his Prayer-B ook ofF reeM ans Worship, which was fortunately rescued with a few of the great authors other belongings, was first given to the world in theM onist forO ctober 1911 and January 1916, and has here been arranged and completed by some other hitherto undecipherable manuscripts. The title of the above-mentioned Prayer-B ook, it may perhaps be mentioned, was apparently suggested toM r. Rssll by that of theE ssay on The Free Man sW orship in the Philosophical Essays (L ondon, 1910, pp. 59-70) of Mr. Rssll sdistinguished contemporary, Mr. Bertrand Russell, from whom much of Mr. Rssll sphilosophy was derived. A nd, indeed, the influence of Mr. Russell extended even beyond philosophical views to arrangement and literary style. The method of arrangement of the present work seems to have been borrowed fromM r. Russell sP hilosophy of Leibniz of 1900 ;in the selection of subjects dealt with, Mr. Rssll seems to have been guided by Mr. Russell sP rinciples of Mathematics of 1903; while Mr. Rssll sliterary style fortunately reminds us more of Mr. Russell slater clear and 1[T his Essay is also reprinted in Mr. Russell sM ysticism and Logic, London and New York, 1918, pp. 46-57. ED.
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