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married to Manifesto conference nuclear protests In Wales

Edith Finch disarmament

· Bertrand Russel was a British philosopher,

logician, essayist and social critic.

· He also dis a lot of work in the areas of

education, history, political theory and

religious studies.

WHO IS BERTRAND

RUSSELL?

RUSSELL’ S PARADOX

Russell’ s Paradox is the most famous of the

logical paradoxes.

The paradox arises by considering the set of all

sets that are not members of the themselves.

Such a set appears to be a member of itself,

hence the paradox. NOBEL PRIZE

· He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.

· His writing style made complex ideas accessible.

· Contributed significantly to the advancement of thought

in the 20th century.

THE ACTIVIST

Although Bertrand Russell is famous in the activist circles for is work against nuclear

weapons and western involvement in the Vietman war, his social and political activist

streaches far beyond that … THE REBEL

· Russell was convicted twince and spent six month in

prison to his protests.

· He was dismissed from one college and had a job

offer revoked from another for similar reasons.

RELIGION · Russell’ s books are notoriously blasphemous.

· He implies that religion is a comfort we seek to excuse our

terrible acts.

· His message is that we should take responsability for our

own actions.