Re: Bertrand Russell

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Posted by Lynn on January 06, 1997 at 10:05:04:

In Reply to: Bertrand Russell posted by Amanda on January 06, 1997 at 07:26:01:

: I read a brief blurb in NY Times Book Review on a new book that's out on Bertrand Russell - "The Spirit Of Solitude" by Ray Monk. Anybody know anything about it? It seems to be a lambasting of a great man - The blurb states "an unforgiving portrait of a monstrously cruel man, this biography may be one-sided, but it contains the materials for a corrective to its hostile view." I'll have to wait until the library gets a copy because in no way do I want to support this sort of shit. In my opinion - Russell was a hell of guy - he's been influential in my own views - does anyone have anything bad to say about him? If so - let me hear it - maybe I'm one-sided on this issue myself.

I'm sure you have some of his writings. I have never read him. Would you care to share a few of his thoughts that have made an impact on you?

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: : : I read a brief blurb in NY Times Book Review on a new book that's out on Bertrand Russell - "The Spirit Of Solitude" by Ray Monk. Anybody know anything about it? It seems to be a lambasting of a great man - The blurb states "an unforgiving portrait of a monstrously cruel man, this biography may be one-sided, but it contains the materials for a corrective to its hostile view." I'll have to wait until the library gets a copy because in no way do I want to support this sort of shit. In my opinion - Russell was a hell of guy - he's been influential in my own views - does anyone have anything bad to say about him? If so - let me hear it - maybe I'm one-sided on this issue myself. : : I'm sure you have some of his writings. I have never read him. Would you care to share a few of his thoughts that have made an impact on you?

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