BRACERS Record Detail for 48071

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
70
Box no.
6.42
Source if not BR
George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Recipient(s)
Allen and Unwin
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1946/11/30
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
Notes and topics

Thanks for review of History in Tablet: "... it is typical that no one interests them [Catholics] except Aquinas."

Transcription

BR TO ALLEN AND UNWIN, 30 NOV. 1946
BRACERS 48071. ALS(X). George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Proofread by K. Blackwell

30.11.46

Messrs Allen & Unwin

Dear Sirs

Thank you for letting me see the review in the Tablet,1 which I return herewith. It is kinder than I should have expected, but it is typical that no one interests them except Aquinas.2

Yours faithfully
Bertrand Russell

  • 1

    review in the TabletGeorge Temple, FRS, “Bertrand Russell on St. Thomas Aquinas”, The Tablet, 188 (30 Nov. 1946): 292–3.

  • 2

    It is kinder than I should have expected … Aquinas. Russell, apparently, did not “reach the true depth and power of St. Thomas’ thought.”

Permission
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Transcription Public Access
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Record no.
48071
Record created
Jan 18, 2006
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
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