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kevin_shepherd's review against another edition
5.0
“Is there not something a trifle absurd in the spectacle of human beings holding a mirror before themselves and thinking what they behold so excellent as to prove that a cosmic purpose must have been aiming at it all along?”
It is clear that Bertrand Russell saw science as a stand-alone exercise in observation and religion as a manipulative enterprise buttressed by stifling authority. Thank you my beloved Captain Obvious.
It is clear that Bertrand Russell saw science as a stand-alone exercise in observation and religion as a manipulative enterprise buttressed by stifling authority. Thank you my beloved Captain Obvious.
mandiealleskan's review against another edition
4.0
Was een goed boek. Het is een soort overview van alle conflicten die religie en de wetenschap onderling hebben gehad, maar dat de waarheid (de wetenschap) altijd als winnaar uit de strijd kwam. Heel objectief allemaal, al wordt uit de ondertoon wel duidelijk dat Russel de acties van de kerk tegen figuren als Copernicus en Galileo veroordeeld, maar er is geloof ik niemand die het daar niet mee eens is.
overheat4600's review against another edition
3.0
I think I should have read, as opposed to listen to, this book, as it was hard to follow auditorially. There were some weird tangents about psychology and solipsism. Not really what I thought it would be about.
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