Critical Notes — Preface (1903)

Primary Text: Read Verbatim Treatise Track (pp. v–ix) · Overview: Analytical Summary · Cross-Corpus Loci: Master Concordance

Historical & Cross-Corpus Commentary

Exclusion of the 1937 Second-Edition Introduction

This codex reproduces strictly the public-domain 1903 Cambridge University Press first edition (pp. v–ix), omitting Russell’s later 1937 George Allen & Unwin retrospective introduction.

Contrast with the 1897 Preface

Compare 1897 Preface, where Russell acknowledged obligations to F. H. Bradley, Sigwart, and Bosanquet; by December 1902, Bradleyan monism is replaced by Moore’s pluralism and external relations.