Bertrand Russell, Portraits from Memory and Other Essays (1956)
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One may say that he [Shaw] did much good and some harm. As an iconoclast he was admirable, but as an eikon rather less so.
— Bertrand Russell on George Bernard Shaw
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About Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.
About Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.
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