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I was halfway through the third or fourth paragraph and thoroughly confused which Russel is the author talking about. I don’t understand why the author mentions the first Russel if the article isn’t (mainly) about a comparison between the two.

It confused me so I’ll ask the obvious question: this article is about the second Russel who wrote Why I am not a Christian, right?



I don't know if this is what you are actually asking but it reads like that.

There are no two Russells, it's the same person, just different kind of works in different periods of his life.


> There are no two Russells

What? Okay, I really didn’t realize that it’s just one Russel.

I mean if you read the first paragraph and don’t have background in philosophy you would assume there were two persons named Russel after reading the first paragraph! I mean author says the first Russell was short lived and gives yearX-yearY. So yeah, I thought the first Russell died in yearY!!

I feel stupid now :-/




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