Bertrand Russell’s book the conquest of happiness, far from being generic self-help, has a lot of meaningful things to say about the causes of unhappiness and happiness. From family to public opinion, Russell reflects on how many things in life either cause unhappiness or happiness. Here is my book review of conquest of happiness.
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In Power: a new social analysis, Bertrand Russell tries to establish a new fundamental concept for the social sciences. I have summarized the foundations of the book, and offer my insight as to whether someone should read this book or not. Here’s what I think.
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Bertrand Russell believed power would become the new fundamental concept of the social sciences in precisely the same way that energy is the fundamental concept for physics. However, Russell’s arguments fall tremendously short of being persuasive; they are inconsistent, impractical, and absurd. Here’s why.
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