Fact and fiction / by Bertrand Russell

Originally published : London : Allen & Unwin, 1961

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Books that influenced me in youth -- The importance of Shelley -- The romance of revolt -- Revolt in the abstract -- Disgust and its antidote -- An education in history -- The pursuit of truth -- Part II: Politics and education -- What is freedom? -- What is democracy? -- A scientist's plea for democracy -- The story of colonization -- Pros and cons of nationalism -- The reasoning of Europeans -- The world i should like to live in -- Old and young cultures -- Education for a difficult world -- University education -- Part III: Divertissements -- Cranks -- The right will prevail or the road to lhasa -- Newly discovered maxims of la rochefoucauld -- Nightmares -- The fisherman's nightmare or magna est veritas -- The theologian's nightmare -- Dreams -- Jowett -- God -- Henry the navigator -- Prince napoleon louis -- The catalogue -- Parables -- Planetary effulgence -- The misfortune of being out-of-date -- Murderers' fatherland -- Part IV: Peace and war -- Psychology and East-West tension -- War and peace in my lifetime -- The social responsibilities of scientists -- Three essentials for a stable world -- Population pressure and war -- Vienna address -- Manchester address -- What neutrals can do to save the world -- The case for British neutralism -- Can war be abolished? -- Human life is in danger.