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Fact and Fiction, 1961, by Bertrand Russel - contents

* Source: Bertrand Russell : Fact and Fiction (London; Allen & Unwin, 1961. 282 p. 22 cm)<

PART ONE: Books that Influenced Me in Youth
01 The Importance of Shelley
02 The Romance of Revolt
03 Revolt in the Abstract
04 Disgust and Its Antidote
05 An Education in History
06 The Pursuit of Truth

PART TWO: Politics aud Education
01 What is Freedom?
02 What is Democracy?
03 A Scientist's Plea for Democracy
04 The Story of Colonization
05 Pros and Cons of Nationalism
06 The Reasoning of Europeans
07 The World I Should Like to Live in
08 Old and Young Cultures
09 Education for a Difficult World
10 University Education

PART THREE: Divertissements
01 Cranks
02 The Right Will Prevail or The Road to Lhasa
03 Newly Discovered Maxims of La Rochefoucauld
04 Nightmares
-l The Fisherman's Nightmare or Magna est Veritas
-2 The Theologian's Nightmare
5 Dreams page
-1 Jowett
-2 God
-3 Henry the Navigator
-4 Prince Napoleon Louis
-5 The Catalogue
6 Parables
-1 Planetary Effulgence
-2 The Misfortune of Being Out-of-Date
-3 Murderers' Fatherland

PART FOUR: Peace and War
01 Psychology and East-West Tension<
02 War and Peace in My Lifetime
03 The Social Responsibilities of Scientists
04 Three Essentials for a Stable World
05 Population Pressure and War
06 Vienna Address
07 Manchester Address
08 What Neutrals can do to Save the World
09 The Case for British Neutralism
10 Can War be Abolished?
11 Human Life is in Danger