''The World as I See It'' is a book by

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...

translated from the German by A. Harris and published in 1935 by John Lane The Bodley Head (London). The original German book is ''Mein Weltbild'' by Albert Einstein, first published in 1934 by Rudolf Kayser, with an essential extended edition published by

Carl Seelig Carl Seelig (May 11, 1894, Zurich – February 15, 1962, Zurich) was a German-Swiss writer and patron. He was best known as a friend, promoter and guardian of Robert Walser and the first biographer of Albert Einstein. Life The son of a wealthy f ...

in 1954. Composed of assorted articles, addresses, letters, interviews and pronouncements, it includes Einstein's opinions on the

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ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

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, and

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. According to the preface of the first English edition,

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