Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important
philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and
work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic
and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war,
and sexual morality. Russell is credited with being one of the prime
movers of Analytic Philosophy, and with having played a part in the
revolution in social attitudes witnessed throughout the
twentieth-century world. This introduction gives a clear survey of
Russell's achievements across a wide ange.