Mortals and others
Subtitle: American essays 1931-1935 volumes 1 and 2
By: Bertrand Russell ; with an introduction by John G. Slater
Contributors: Slater, John G.
Series: Routledge classics; Routledge classics
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780203875339
Subjects: Essays; Essais (Genre littéraire)
Notes: Orginally published: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1975.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-353).
Table of contents: title: Part Volume I --; title: chapter INTRODUCTION --; title: chapter preface to volume i --; title: chapter On Jealousy 14  -- Sex and Happiness; title: chapter SEX AND HAPPINESS --; title: chapter TOURISTS: WE LOSE OUR CHARM AWAY FROM HOME --; title: chapter THE MENACE OF OLD AGE --; title: chapter In Praise of Artiﬁciality --; title: chapter WHO MAY USE LIPSTICK? --; title: chapter THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE --; title: chapter HOPE AND FEAR --; title: chapter ARE CRIMINALS WORSE THAN OTHER PEOPLE? --; title: chapter THE ADVANTAGES OF COWARDICE --; title: chapter THE DECAY OF MEDITATION --; title: chapter MARRIAGE --; title: chapter ON BEING GOOD --; title: chapter WHO GETS OUR SAVINGS? --; title: chapter CHILDREN --; title: chapter On Politicians 46  -- Keeping Pace?; title: chapter KEEPING PACE? --; title: chapter ON SNOBBERY --; title: chapter WHOSE ADMIRATION DO YOU DESIRE? --; title: chapter ON NATIONAL GREATNESS --; title: chapter IS THE WORLD GOING MAD? --; title: chapter ARE WE TOO PASSIVE? --; title: chapter WHY WE ENJOY MISHAPS --; title: chapter DOES EDUCATION DO HARM? --; title: chapter Are Men of Science Scientiﬁc? --; title: chapter FLIGHT FROM REALITY --; title: chapter ILLEGAL? --; title: chapter ON OPTIMISM --; title: chapter AS OTHERS SEE US --; title: chapter TAKING LONG VIEWS --; title: chapter ON MENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS --; title: chapter ON THE FIERCENESS OF VEGETARIANS --; title: chapter FURNITURE AND THE EGO --; title: chapter WHY ARE WE DISCONTENTED? --; title: chapter ON LOCOMOTION --; title: chapter OF CO-OPERATION --; title: chapter OUR WOMAN HATERS --; title: chapter The Inﬂuence of Fathers --; title: chapter ON SOCIETIES --; title: chapter ON BEING EDIFYING --; title: chapter ON SALES RESISTANCE --; title: chapter SHOULD CHILDREN BE HAPPY? --; title: chapter DANGERS OF FEMINISM --; title: chapter ON EXPECTED EMOTIONS --; title: chapter ON MODERN UNCERTAINTY --; title: chapter ON IMITATING HEROES --; title: chapter ON VICARIOUS ASCETICISM --; title: chapter ON LABELLING PEOPLE --; title: chapter ON SMILING --; title: chapter DO GOVERNMENTS DESIRE WAR? --; title: chapter ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT --; title: chapter IF ANIMALS COULD TALK --; title: chapter ON INSULARITY --; title: chapter ON ASTROLOGERS --; title: chapter ON PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM REALITY --; title: chapter THE DECAY OF INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS --; title: chapter PRIDE IN ILLNESS --; title: chapter ON CHARITY --; title: chapter ON REVERENCE --; title: chapter ON PROVERBS --; title: chapter ON CLOTHES --; title: chapter SHOULD SOCIALISTS SMOKE GOOD CIGARS? --; title: chapter A SENSE OF HUMOUR --; title: chapter LOVE AND MONEY --; title: chapter INTEREST IN CRIME --; title: chapter HOW TO BECOME A MAN OF GENIUS --; title: chapter ON OLD FRIENDS --; title: chapter SUCCESS AND FAILURE --; title: chapter ON FEELING ASHAMED --; title: chapter ON ECONOMIC SECURITY --; title: chapter ON TACT --; title: chapter CHANGING FASHIONS IN RESERVE --; title: chapter ON HONOUR --; title: chapter THE CONSOLATIONS OF HISTORY --; title: chapter IS PROGRESS ASSURED? --; title: chapter RIGHT AND MIGHT --; title: chapter PROSPERITY AND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE --; title: chapter PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERESTS --; title: part Volume II --; title: chapter preface to volume ii --; title: chapter CHRISTMAS AT SEA --; title: chapter HOW PEOPLE ECONOMISE --; title: chapter DO DOGS THINK? --; title: chapter HOW PEOPLE TAKE FAILURE --; title: chapter ON CONCEIT --; title: chapter ON BORES --; title: chapter POLITICS AND SPORT --; title: chapter ON RETICENCE --; title: chapter THE GOOD OLD DAYS --; title: chapter ON BECOMING CIVILISED --; title: chapter ON THE ART OF PERSUADING --; title: chapter THE PROSPECTS OF DEMOCRACY --; title: chapter THE ADMIRATION OF STRENGTH --; title: chapter THE TRIUMPH OF STUPIDITY --; title: chapter ON UTILITARIANISM --; title: chapter ON RACE HATRED --; title: chapter THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE --; title: chapter WHAT MAKES PEOPLE LIKEABLE --; title: chapter ON SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS --; title: chapter EMOTIONS ABOUT SPENDING MONEY --; title: chapter THE ORIGIN OF VICTORIAN VIRTUE --; title: chapter ON PROPRIETY --; title: chapter I I Escape from Progress.