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What I Believe
- 3 Complete Essays on Religion
- Narrated by: Terrence Hardiman
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Remarkably relevant, beautifully written, and filled with wit and wisdom, these three essays by Bertrand Russell allow the listener to test the concepts of the good life, morality, the existence of God, Christianity, and human nature. "What I Believe" was used prominently in the 1940 New York court proceedings in which Russell was judicially declared "unfit" to teach philosophy at City College of New York. "Why I Am Not a Christian" concludes that churches throughout history have retarded progress and states that we should instead "look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in." Finally, "A Free Man's Worship", perhaps the most famous single essay written by Russell, considers whether humans operate from free will.
What the critics say
"Russell is one of our time's brilliant spokesmen of rationality and humanity, a fearless champion of free speech and free thought." (The Swedish Academy, on awarding Bertrand Russell the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1950)
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-03-30
the only book that I found who I am
after long suffering after long pilgrimage
I have found my region by found this book therefore
I found Bertrand Russell
...Now I shell own and read every book he had ever written
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- MRH
- 2022-09-10
Relevant a century later!
So eerie how relevant he is to our current times although it was written over a hundred years ago! Great listen, will be listening again!
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