Fact and fiction /
Bertrand Russell.
- London ; New York : Routledge, c2010.
- xv, 304 p. ; 20 cm.
- Routledge classics .
- Routledge classics. .
Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1961.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part I: Books that influenced me in youth -- The importance of Shelley -- The romance of revolt -- Revolt in the abstract -- Disgust and its antidote -- An education in history -- The pursuit of truth -- Part II: Politics and education -- What is freedom? -- What is democracy? -- A scientist's plea for democracy -- The story of colonization -- Pros and cons of nationalism -- The reasoning of Europeans -- The world I should like to live in -- Old and young cultures -- Education for a difficult world -- University education -- Part III: Divertissements -- Cranks -- The right will prevail or the road to Lhasa -- Newly discovered maxims of La Rochefoucauld -- Nightmares -- The fisherman's nightmare or 'magna est veritas' -- The theologian's nightmare -- Dreams -- Jowett -- God -- Henry the Navigator -- Prince Napoleon Louis -- The catalogue -- Parables -- Planetary effulgence -- The misfortune of being out of date -- Murderers' fatherland -- Part IV: Peace and war -- Psychology and East-West tension -- War and peace in my lifetime -- The social responsibilities of scientists -- Three essentials for a stable world -- Population pressure and war -- Vienna address -- Manchester address -- What neutrals can do to save the world -- The case for British neutralism -- Can war be abolished? -- Human life is in danger.