西方的智慧(英文版)(套装共2册)[BertrandRussellWisdonoftheWest]
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写作《西方的智慧》时,罗素已年逾八旬,可以说,这是一个智慧老人一生研读西方文明的结晶,因而,有人恰当地将此书视为学习西方文化的入门书。
著名作家王小波生前曾对插图本的英文版《西方的智慧》叹赏不置。
内容简介
《西方的智慧(英文版)(套装共2册)》是一本以通俗、浅近的现代语体写成的西方文明史,诚如《西方的智慧(英文版)(套装共2册)》的副标题所揭示的,是在自希腊城邦政体以迄于今的政治、历史这个大背景下探讨整个西方文明演进的脉络,旁及科学、宗教、经济乃至社会习俗,无所不包、无所不备。此悸完成后,罗素又在友人的帮助下,在文中插入数百幅精美的插图,其中有许多具有很高的文献价值,因而,读者完全可以将其视为西方文明的一幅全景图。
作者简介
Bertrand Russell(1872-1970),was a British philosopher, logician,mathematician, historian, religious skeptic,social reformer, socialist and pacifist. Althoughhe spent the majority of his life in England, hewas born in Wales, where he also died.Russell led the British "revolt againstidealism" in the early 1900s and is consideredone of the founders of analytic philosophyalong with his protege Wittgenstein and hiselder Frege. He was a prominent anti-waractivist, championing free trade between nationsand anti-imperialism.Russell was imprisonedfor his pacifist activism during World War I,campaigned against Adolf Hitler, for nucleardisarmament, criticised Soviet totalitarianismand the United States of America's involvementin the Vietnam War. In 1950, Russell wasawarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "inrecognition of his varied and significantwritings in which he champions humanitarianideals and freedom of thought."