Why Men Fight (Classic Reprint): A Method of Abolishing the International Duel - Couverture souple

Bertrand Russell

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331390575 ISBN 13 : 9781331390572

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Why Men Fight

TO one who stands outside the cycle of beliefs and passions which make the war seem neces sary, an isolation, an almost unbearable separa tion from the general activity, becomes unavoid able. At the very moment when the universal disaster raises compassion in the highest de gree, compassion itself compels aloofness from the impulse to self-destruction which has swept over Europe. The helpless longing to save men from the ruin towards which they are hastening makes it necessary to oppose the stream, to in cur hostility, to be thought unfeeling, to lose for the moment the power Of winning belief. It is impossible to prevent others from feeling hos tile, but it is possible to avoid any reciprocal hos tility on one's own part, by Imaginative under standing and the sympathy which grows out Of it. And without understanding and sympathy it is impossible to find a cure for the evil from which the world Is suffering.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The following lectures were written in 191 5, and idelivered in thte beginning of 1916. I had hoped to, re-write them considerably, and make them somewhat less inadequate to their theme ;but other work, which seemed mbre pressing, intervened, and the prospect of opportunity for leisurely revision remains remote. My aim is to suggest a philosophy of politics based upon the belief that impulse has more effect than conscious purpose in moulding mens lives. Most impulses may be divided into two groups, the possessive and the creative, according as they aim at acquiring or retaining something that cajinot be shared, or at bringing into the world some valuable thing, such as knowledge or art or goodwill, in which there is no private property. I consider the best life that which is most built on creative impulses, and the worst that iw hich is most inspired by love of possession.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Originally published in 1916. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331390575
• ISBN 13: 9781331390572
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
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