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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1952.

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

PROGRESS IN FIFTY!

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The Shocking Genius

-T has been said that tho English are always re- assured by Inarticulate- ness. That may be why they have for so long been suspicious of Bertrand Rus- Bell.

Not only is he likely to be remembered as the most

articulate Englishman of

the first half of the 20th century (his only rival was an irrepressible Irishman), but he has been articulate

AT 80, BERTRAND RUSSELL IS

WORLD STILL WAITING FOR THE

ΤΟ CATCH UP WITH HIS IDEAS

by MILTON SHULMAN

be

stood

for

and

quickly evaporate when he be- Although gins to speak. His language is han meticulous, precise and coldly Parliament clear. He uses words as if they is now were digits; sentences as if they member of the were equations. The resultant Socialist

Party logie is usually as unnsstílable as

Euclidean axion).

he has never had any serious poli- tical ambitions.

When his elder

But, when he had reached his on practically every subject allotted span, society decided it Socially, Bertrand Russell 19

cheer was now safe to

Its almust courtly in his manner. brother, that matters.

himself existence. At 70 he was chosen He has a keen sense of humour,

died logically and unambiguously on, by the BBC to be the first Reith and laughs lo cough-like explo- Bertrand love, mathematics, religion, na- the Order of Merit, was awarded sons which end as suddenly as Earl

at 78 he was they begin.

Не

has

expressed

tionalism, sex education, power, the

given the Nobel Prize for Litern- freedom, justice, marriage, peace, sure; and

看 70 even Gre

industry, knowledge, politics, Athensoum was prepared/to

The to be

membership,

RESTLESS MIND.

Russell,

Frank,

in

1981,

Russell. Despite

London Express Service

BERTRAND RUSSELL

became the third ridicule and reason against the his conventions and prejudices of the

He has taken an lack

of sympathy with the Victorians. House of Lords, he has officially almost impish delight in shocking i stated that, except where his two generations out of their self- idleness and happiness. Now,

Bertrand Arthur William nom de plume is concerned, he satisfied equanimity. Du his

known as Lord 80th birthday, he has admit he was harmless enough Belt was born at Ravenscroft, prefers to be

Now that he is old and: elected la honojory turned out a book called

Monmouthshire, in 1872. FUB

respectable, Bertrand Russell Impact of Science on Society,

talher, Viscount Amberley, was Although his most significant looks back on a long and, pro- But if old age has brought Bertrand Russell comes ro- a radical Liberal and a religious contribution to modern thought ductive life with few regrets. Russell respectability, it is not márkably

has shifted his close to Everyman's scepile; his grandfather was Lord was in the abstruse realms of Although he because ho has changed. The conception of what a philosopher John Russell,

who introduced

his three volumes world has changed. And he has looks like. He should probably the first Reform Bill of 18 mathematics and fugle the ground on many issues-notably of Principia pacificlsm-he has no destra. to helped, in no small measure, to be a little taller, his volce should godfather was the great Mathematica which he completed revise substantially any of his change it.

be a. Uttle less piping, his chin philosopher, John Stuart Milli. In 1913 with A. N. Whitehead major works. should not recede just that far, It is not entirely surprising his mind was too restlem to be ascetic face, his' then that this background of content alone with the tidying formidable forehead and, pre- well-bred genealogy, intellectual up of philosophical investigation.

"ANTI-SOCIAL

NEVER BORED

In middle age he was the most but his lean, of his day; an popular parlah

Although he has often been brickbats of ignorance, At 48

a film director -seeking a pro- duce an unconventional genius, great many things," he said, bored. Although he has been he was imprisoned for his paclilst

"and my Interests changed twice divorced a son was bom views. At 57 he was denounced fessorial type.

"Mathematics was my first He wears his clothes with the intellectual interest," Bertrand sented itself. I cannot rest my

entirely as the opportunity pre- in 1937 of his third es immoral and anti-social

marriage- because of his book an Marriage proper

he still stands by his views on touch Df rumpled Russell told me. "I took it up mind by taking a sea voyage. marriage and the family. and Morals. Even at 67 He was acadente tranquillity, and he is when was about 11. I liked

"Perhaps now I would lay more declared to be unfit to teach alinosi never seen without a pipe. seeing things proved, and here rest by doing something else.""

the need ·for easy philosophy at the College of the But should there still be any was something close to A Along with Bernard Shaw and stress on City of New York.

divorce," he said,

Although he recognises the Increasing tendency of intellec- tuals to become religious, he still believes man can exist without religion. In other words, he waiting for the world to catch up with his ideas. "You mustn't This, I think was due to "The think that as I get older I ain Third Man" too. Though the being reduced to ancient pletles," the average Viennese dislikes the he admonished me.jett

amiable, if elusive, target for the dominantly, his glorious head of power, reforming zeal and non-

white hair would delight any conformist curiosity would pro- "I was always interested in a unhappy, he has never been

Vienna

VIENNA is one of those.

VIEN

cities like Edinburgh

and Oxford--which one feels instinctively belong not to any one country but to the

doubt about his calling, it will certainty. It comforted me." H. G. Wells, he battled with wit,

Is

Still

Gay, Despite...

By PETER KIRK

Unfortunately, this abstention I found

M

picture of Vienna in the Alm,

capital of Austria, but the arrived in the summer rules the lesse troubles of occupa but also because for the Vicinese, or more, and then everyone might

manages to keep something of its they are living in all age which realise a

they cannot, understand.

End though the number of Bertrand Russell belleves. that there strictly the conflict between Russia and Harry Limes that the other limited, there is no doubt that the West will not be solved int world. It has a freshness, Imils itself to political affairs, about a third of those in other in the film Carol Reed did there is in existence a world

enterprise and a charm which is all its In economic matters, the Russians private

in shops

extraordinary government with power to on- are not so accommodating. Vienna. This is regarded by the capture to an

force its will. But he is pessimistic own, but it also has Rome- The Russian attitude to Aus Austrians

extent the feeling of the city. attempt to Dr

Over thing more, a real feeling tria is that it is a cow which can undermine the country's economic

the venter of about the prospects of a world. of being,

feeling of state coming into being without underneath a not just the be milked dry. So, since they stability, and the shops

griety - are None

Tension, not tension. of 1045, being largely boycotted.

only be a world war. of they have devoted their

they ere still frequented. cause Vienna is the easternmost geographical centre

"Our only hope is that the outpost of the West In Europe, cold war will go on for 30 years to their Zone, not to political Despite Europe.

interference or the setting up of tion, however, Vienna still This is reflected in its popula- a Communist State, as they have tion. Here is the true cosmopolis, done in Germany, but to getting former galety.

world in little. It is a meeting as much as they

This is best shown, perhaps, in can out of place for the inhabitants of Austria.

the enormous number of night They look back with longing clubs there are. The Austrians to the Vienna which was most He still maintains a regular almost every race under the sun, people of Asia. including the

More than 350 firms have been adore night clubs. Almost any familiar to British people the schedule of working hours-ten More particularly

It a meeting taken over under the guise of town with a popiration of more Vienna of Strauss and Lehar, to one in the morning, and five place for the peoples of Europe,

being "former German assets," thannes

or to has its night when it was the capital city of to seven in the afternoon." Ho Communist and Western alike.

club,

Their two or a great Empire.

new has never learnt how to use a Their products are shipped off to see Russian Rus Here

Russla without

and typewriter, and writer his books ution, three. The turns are naturally position frightens them, you

tout compensation. soldiers on the streets, walking in many cases, the amenilles enough very mediocre, but there they have becomio frankly in longhand.", openly among the inhabitants of provided by the former owners a slight feeling of daring about escute this, however, nothing;

them. Here, of Indeed, is the only place left in cinemas, even churches have night clubs per head of popula- beautiful gem of a city, The

a

can

•

them which titillates the palate.

*****world.

•

aallly 'state of affairs wo have got ourselves. into," he said.

STILL PLANNING

a race which dislikes

the firms-houses, stores. In Vienna, there must be mere can destroy the charm of this the world where the representa- been taken over also.

The years have nut stemmed' tives of Russia will sit down in

word Gemullichkeit, the flow of words and Ideas.and And, as that apparently, is not tion, than anywhere else in the Austrian harmony with the representatives enough, they have now set up in

which. It Ay Impossible to he still lectures, writes articles, transinte, of the West to solve joint Vienna a new form of exploita

but which means broadcasts and plans books. He

his problems.

autobiography roughly lightheartedness and has tion. In short, they have gone

written Into the retail grocery business,

be used, to, but will not have it published Ferhaps the strangest im- galety, can still

in-until after his death. Their method is to open

up pression which I got from Vienna describe the

place. The In- habitants

There is only one thing that there before. It was not only

•

•

are still Interested is harmony, of grocers shops throughout their was the feeling that I had been more than anything else in what Bertrand Russell would have

Not that all course. That would be too much.. Zone.

that

and or taxes,

ara

to expect. But the plain fact is As these shops pay no rent, that I recognised actual places- goes on the table. You can still liked to have done that he has

the Four-Power administra- rates

as their I realised after a

seen them in the grocerles and the wine bewildered and don't know how tion of Austrip does work, largely, produce is all imported without was because 1 had it that that see them overy day crowding aut not yet done, "People

the Four Powers in any form of duty, it is hardly "The Third Man," of which the merchants ith their huge to live a credible life in this in- becatiso

with is astonishingly order in fact, is still Vienna, would have liked to

credible world," he told ime. question abstain from inter- surprising that they are able to photography

true to life but the atmosphere Vienna,

have ference in political affairs. They undersell their competitors. leave them to the Austrian On a recent visit to Vienna, I of the city was one which was and it will take more than two formulated a satisfactory

world wars to cllango here:

⠀⠀ philosophy on how to live.”.“ Government,

went to one of these shops, and easily recognizable,

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