RUSSELL (Bertrand).

Philosophical Essays.

First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 185, [1] pp. Original red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, front cover with single blind fillet border (faint spotting to edge of text block with some occasional faint foxing throughout; spine very slightly faded, some trivial wear to extremities, notwithstanding a very good copy). London, Longman’s, Green, and Co, 1910.

£450.00

Russell’s first collection of philosophical essays, published when he was still in the processing of writing Principia Mathematica with Alfred North Whitehead. The essays, covering ethics, the nature of truth, and pragmatism, are written in a popular style than Russell’s previous writings, presenting a more fully rounded picture of hid philosophical system.

Blackwell & Ruja A8.1a.

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