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Bertrand arthur william russell 18721970 was an influential british philosopher, logician, mathematician, and political activist. In 1950, he was awarded the nobel prize in literature, in recognition of his many books such as the problems of philosophy,mysticism and logic,why i am not a christian,religion and science,the philosophy of logical atomism,the analysis of. An epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents, it explores some of the most creative minds in history. Russells book is most notably deficient in his dismissive treatment of medieval christian philosophy, for example, as well as his ignoring of modern philosophers such as heidegger and sartre.
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