A (very) Brief History of Bertrand Russell
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- In this episode, we cover the history of the primarily 20th century British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and political activist, most notable for co-authoring the logic text Principia Mathematica with Alfred North Whitehead. As per usual, I don't go too heavy into the mathematics, largely covering his history.
Notes:
- Russell met his first wife the summer of 1889, not 1899
- When I discuss his travels to China, I say "In September 1920, Russell went to Beijing...". He left for Beijing then, and ended up there in October 1920.
Sources: docs.google.com/document/d/1N...
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That final quote is great and profound, and deserves to be read not in a casual cadence at the greatest speed possible, but with real thought, proper emphasis and appropriate measure.
Good stuff. You could also have mentioned that Russell won the Nobel Prize, not for maths or philosophy but Literature.
Amazing
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There is no Nobel Prize in philosophy, to award him they gave him Literature.
@@dragonmartijn Or in maths, come to that.
I was looking for a short summary of the life and work of Bertrand Russell- this was exactly it. Thank you so much!
A man in whom wisdom and folly were carefully balanced.
You've done a very good job with assembling your information on such an incredibly complicated and forward thinking individual.
What a nice channel, I got served the Bertrand Russell video randomly, and I’m looking forward to exploring many of the others.
Really good quality. You definitely deserve more attention, great work!
Wait.... Holy shit... I only just realized he doesn't have tens of, if not hundreds of thousands of views.
Excellent piece, enjoyed it immensely. Good microphone technique too!
Thanks for putting this together. I'm a big fan of Russell and you did a great overview of his life.
What exactly are you a fan of?
@@words911 I’m a fan of lots of things, but here’s a few. His activism, his viewpoint on logic/thought/ethics and his dedication to taking complex issues and writing about them in a clear way so that everyday people could understand and engage with the ideas. He was a great writer and fun to read.
@@BecomeUseful did you know he delved into indoctrinating kids under 10 in school? Look up how he tried to brainwash children into thinking snow was black. The children were told to never tell their parents. His methods of suggestion and indoctrination are prevalent today. The media, education, etc. An atheist chaos agent tbh
I had read most of his History of Western Philosophy many years ago as well as several books on atheism. What a mental giant. Hard to imagine how he gained such a fabulous mind.
His book History Of Western Philosophy is very interesting being an excellent summary of a large period of Western history and he was a superb writer. It would a good desert island book. Available now as an ebook for nothing.
Great video, You gave a lot of information to think about and investigate
I didnt knew anything about Russell before but You helped me to learn and get useful info about him on fun way
I swear this is the first I am hearing of Mr Russell but I am glad I came across your Video. Great stuff.
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.
Great job! I really enjoyed this video.
Thank you for posting this. :)
Fascinating and I'm going to listen to your ARTICULATE account again. 🕊
This video tells us about everything that can be told about Bertrand Russell
in 22 minutes. You have covered everything thing from his life, his ideas, contributions and precise introduction to his major works in such a short video.
Excellent!
Not quite; he omitted Nobel Prize in literature.
@@milkoansah-johnson8768 .....n you've done the rest. Great!
Great. Now it is complete
.. as a German Biologist - in our German High School in the 1960´s we discussed Russell. He appeared eternal and immortal - no hurry to get to know him. In a way - he still his present. Our world today is disintegrating fast in all areas. We may be the last Generation- self extinction.
Very well presented. Most enjoyable.
Exactly what I was looking for!
amazing summary of a great mind
Thank you 🙏 I found listening to this really inspiring.
Thank you so much!
A good summary and well presented. I read the two volume biography of Russell by Ray Monk which I highly recommend.
I must read that book.
I admire that man so much. May he never be forgotten. Why you don’t mention his Nobel prize is a flaw .
I was intrigued by him in so many ways as an adolescent. His works made me both skeptical yet open minded.
Me too. I named my first vehicle after him. 🤣
@@jeanettewaverly2590 Bertrand, Russell, or Bertrand Russell?
@@jtgd Bertrand Russell!
helpful for my logic module!
Brilliant and extraordinary man Bertrand Russell thought outside the box
A clear analytical mind despite personal tumult.
Very educative. Thanks.
educative? really?
@@martitinkovich4489 Thanks Marti. I really love the professor. Wish we have more like him in all countries of the world. Wish you all the best.
I ADORE READING
excellent video
Excellent
One of the great minds of our times.
Very interesting. Thanks.
Russell was Not an atheist, He was an Agnostic and he wrote many papers explaining this. In a 1953 essay on agnostics he wrote:
"it is impossible, or at least impossible at the present time, to know the truth in matters such as God and the future life with which Christianity and other religions are concerned."
Knowing this is crucial to understanding the man. Please edit this nice video so this fact will be understood.
In 1958, Russell explicitly called himself an atheist. Please look up "Russel's Teapot" on wiki.
indeed you can be an agnostic and an atheist, agnosticism is a statement regarding the truth of religion, and atheism is a statement on ones belief in religion
i.e. he says one cannot know if god exists, and also that he does not believe in god, both not being mutually exclusive
A/gnosticism deals with knowledge, a/theism deals with belief, russell was an atheist plz read a book before typing
“You can’t prove Jesus didn’t exist” alert
Brilliant video. Please also make video on G H Hardy
Thank you
I remember the student apartments at Essex University being named after Russell and others.
Very interesting. Russell a "character" [no harm in that]: I don't recall the episode mentioning his Nobel Prize-surely worth at least a passing comment.
What a life and contribution to humanity.
Underrated
When he started talking about mathematics my brain went from 🤯🤯🤯 to ⚰️ real quick! 😵
Hahahaha 🤣
Brilliant brief biography .
Very interesting.
One of the greatest thinkers of all times.
Great stuff, but no matter what was said about Russell here it is not enough. Personally, I believe that his work on reconnecting Math with its Formal logic roots is some of the greatest accomplishments in human history, and there is so much to be done in this field even beyond Russell's and Kurt godel's work !
Youre an idiot. Read A. Garciadiego, Bertrand Russell and the Origins....
Please cover Paul Érdos
Hiedgaar, Quine, P F Strawson, GE Moore, Wittingstine, Hussrel please cover.
headgear? westinghouse? whattt?
Bertrandt Russel ... what a great spirit & soul !
Very succinct and factual would have helped to have subtitles
Thankyou
Extremely interesting. But the background music is distracting.
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"Why I am not a Christian" changed my life in 1966
I was surprised and pleased to discover that such opposition to Christianity was permitted.
Nowadays, of course, the practice is very common and very popular.
As a result I bought many of Russell's books, including the autobiography.
Sorry.. but why was he not a Christian?
It was a watershed for me too. His writings guided my through the shark-infested waters of adolescence.
@@jeanettewaverly2590
Good. I'm glad you've found a path through the valley of death.
But don't walk through the valley of death.
Run !
@@dukadarodear2176
If you read his book or listen to it being read, you'll find the answer.
It's free, online !
@@dukadarodear2176 he writes in that book why he wasn't a Christian.
Freedom of expression! Thankful for you Lord Bertrand William Russell, practical purposes.
Fun Fact: *The first actor who played Davros-a villain from famous sci fic show Doctor Who, based his performance as Davros on Bertrand Russell*
Interesting. I can't think which of Russell's characteristics he made use of.
5:10 This same moment is in the John von Neumann video.
What's the name of the music please at the very begining ?
The beautiful music is from Iberia by Isaac Albéniz.
Greatest Sciolist of all time
A great deal of this was lifted from Wikipedia, which in turn was lifted from other sources.
What if the information was good anyways?
honestly I find it quite surprising that no one ever mentions that his grandfather who raised him, Lord Russel, was a diplomat and prime minister. he even met Napoleon!
Yes
What's the piano piece behind the narration?
The beautiful music is from Iberia by Isaac Albéniz.
I hope that the rest of the video is good because when I got to Peano I could no longer stand the piano music.
lol how did it end up
Like a neighbour banging away on the keys while you're trying to read a book.
Very interesting to learn about this important man’s private life.
Yes l agree there is no free will Everything is plan Brilliant man with wisdom and knowledge
Such a long life . 98 years
English Aristocracy.
Great photographs but surprisingly naive summary from what I've seen. Russell was not an atheist but rather a self described agnostic for starters - see Routledge compilation. Mathematician and logician he certainly was but a philosopher in the sense commonly used? As a scientist I see a quite different man to that described in this summary. If I was to pigeon hole Russell in 100 words or less I would call him a mathematician/logician whose late Victorian/Edwardian certainties were smashed by World War 1. Whence he sought a different framework to the universe using the tools he had acquired in his first 44 years. Central to this exploration was his science based view of the world where acceptance of mathematical uncertainty is central in contrast to the certainty philosophers seem to ascribe generally to their anthropocentric mental models. The result was the polymath on display in the diversity of his subsequent output.
He’s legit well known as a philosopher. Nothing necessarily contradictory with being both a philosopher and mathematician. Hell mathematicians have been both. Scientism isn’t the big brain high horse you think it is.
I love Russell
Russell was a wonderful writer.
His style was too Latinate.
How to have a full life, what a guy.
From the moment I discovered Bertrand Russell he became my " godfather " in matters of philosophy ( pun intended, I also am an atheist). I've enjoyed reading a good number of his books, and continue to enjoy them. Interesting to notice there is no mention of his getting the most prestigious prize in the world. For me the fundamental source of inspiration is his autobiography, highly recommended.
is this the guy from the strain?
Read the History of Western Philosophy. Never understood Wittgenstein's omission. My only suspicion is that the book is based on his Lecturing notes, and he would never have lectured upon his protégé.
Am I the only one that thinks Alfred North Whitehead ( 3:47 ) looks like Vladimir Putin? Not to undermine the value of this video, it was excellent and informative. It's just, uncanny.
My father name is Aston Russell and my name is Marcus Russell bless up family 😂❤
Good summary. Would have been nice to mention his Nobel prize in literature 1950. He sure was a beacon of critical thinking.
Sir Francis Galton
Similar to Wikipedia, married 4 times. Frank also had marital issues but died much younger.
Beautiful work
A great man! ❤
There been huge fan of B.Russell thinking, philosophy in Iraq during 60s,70s , unluckily not current era
10:36 LOL
Presumably, you thought the talk would be more interesting if it was accompanied by music.
As a piano player myself, I found myself listening to the music, trying to figure out the structure.
Is it perhaps a sonata by one of the Russian composers ?
tentative tiptoeing thru the tulips ...
didn't Wittengenstein die at young age ?
I am afriad to comment on this man.
Are we sure we aren't just reviewing The Brothers Karamazov here?
12:54 "[...] first meeting her in the summer of 1899, when he was just 17. [...] marrying on December 13 1894".
So he married at the age of 12, five years before he first met her . . .
He was born exactly 90 years to the day before me.
You didn't mentioned the copplestone-bertrand debate of existence of God
I first heard about Bertrand Russell reading the graphic novel Logicomix
"... after kind of being allover the place."?!
How did he meet his first wife in the summer of 1899 but married her in 1894? Maybe you got these two dates mixed up
I misspoke 😄He met his first wife the summer of 1889
Queen Victoria actually said Bertrands mother should be flogged for her feminist views.
ain't he a pistol[the queen]?
Perhaps Victoria should have been flogged. She’s as tight as Elizabeth I
Who do you think is the greatest mathematician of all time?
Off course, it's me!
can i get a autograph or selfie. please..
The great pyramid creators in ancient egypt must be up there.
either gauss or euler
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I thoroughly enjoyed this video despite not being a fan of Russell, he's a typical leftie, not a Liberal despite what he claimed.
Gene wilder in stir crazy.
He now knows for sure if there is God! I believe he said “ I would not die for my beliefs. I maybe be wrong!”
Russel is thickheaded. Just listen to his debate with coplesten
No, he doesn't know at all, let alone for sure.
@@dukadarodear2176 My thought precisely.
Wikipedia?