How I Lived My Life

Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest mathematicians and philosophers of the 20^th century.

1) Read about Russell here. You may also find the book Logicomix interesting. Russell is its main character.

2) Russell died in 1970 at the age of 97 Three years before he died, he published his autobiography. Read the Prolog to Russell’s Autobiography. It’s entitled, “What I Have Lived For”.

3) Now imagine that you’ve lived to be 95. What would you want to be able to write as you look back on your life? (The idea here is that, if you think about this now, you have the chance to make your vision true.) Write a short (between ½ a page and a page) essay that you’d like to be able to write under the title, “What I Have Lived For”.

There is absolutely no right answer here. Your grade will be determined by how clearly you write your vision. We are not going to be grading your vision. It’s yours.