These six lectures were delivered by Russell as the BBC Reith Lectures for 1948-1949. Russell prefaced the printed edition, from which this electronic copy was made, with the following note:

In the preparation of these lectures I have had the benefit of vital assistance by my wife, Patricia Russell, not only as regards details, but as regards the general ideas and their application to the circumstances of the present day.

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