The Analysis of Matter An Outline of Philosophy The Nature of Existence

Abstract

MR. RUSSELL'S books are always a pleasure to read, perhaps because they have been a pleasure to write. The “Outline of Philosophy” is evenpleasanter than most of his philosophical works, and gives also the completest account of his views. A considerable part is essentially a summary of the “Analysis of Matter” and also of the “Analysis of Mind” published a few years ago. On the whole, the summarising process has been an improvement; though some valuable discussion of recent physical theory is to be found only in the “Analysis of Matter.”

The Analysis of Matter.

Bertrand Russell. (International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method.) Pp. viii + 408. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., Inc., 1927.) 21s. net.

An Outline of Philosophy.

Bertrand Russell. Pp. vi + 317. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1927.) 12s. 6d. net.

The Nature of Existence.

Dr. John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart. Vol. 2. Edited by Dr. C. D. Broad. Pp. xlvii + 480. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1927.) 30s. net.