Reprint of 1912 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this little book Russell has provided an intelligible and stimulating guide to a branch of knowledge which is often mistakenly considered too abstruse for the lay mind. He has confined himself chiefly to those problems of philosophy concerning which he thought it possible to say something positive and constructive. For this reason, theory of knowledge occupies a larger space than metaphysics, and some topics much discussed by philosophers are treated briefly. The work is concise, free from technical terms and perfectly clear to the general reader with no prior knowledge of the subject.Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell(18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a Britishphilosopher,logician, and social critic. As an academic, he worked inphilosophy,mathematics, and logic. His work has had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic,set theory,linguistics,artificial intelligence,cognitive science,computer science, and various areas ofanalytic philosophy, especiallyphilosophy of mathematics,philosophy of language,epistemology, andmetaphysics. He was apublic intellectual, historian,social critic, political activist, andNobel laureate.He was born inMonmouthshireinto one of the most prominent aristocratic families in theUnited Kingdom.