'Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and oneOs friends to Western civilization.'_Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. 'Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about th[...]

Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He tackled many puzzles--how our minds work, how we experience the world, and what the true nature of meaning is. In "Introducing Bertrand Russell "we meet a passionate eccentric, active in world politics, who had outspoken views on sex, marriage,[...]

First published in 1930, The Conquest of Happiness is a guide to living a happy life; a self-help classic written for an era when people were more practical and less self-obsessed than today. It addresses a fundamental question - how can we be happy? - not by asking readers to overthink the problem,[...]

Hvorfor jeg ikke er kristen samler Bertrand Russells mest kjente essays om religion og livssyn. Her diskuterer han temaer som aldri mister aktualitet - blant annet udødelighet, moral, spørsmålet om religion kan kurere våre problemer og Guds eksistens. Bertrand Russell ble belønnet med Nobelpr[...]

Den verdenskendte engelske filosof og nobelpristager Bertrand Russell leverer et knivskarpt og aktuelt opgør med kristendommen og dermed også med islam og andre teologiske systemer.

"Mørkemænds myter" kalder han kristendommen og anerkender kun, at religionens bidrag til civilisationen er [...]