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In Praise Of Idleness
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Author : Bertrand Russell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-08-26
In Praise Of Idleness written by Bertrand Russell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-26 with Education categories.
Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. From a devastating critique of the ancestry of fascism to a vehement defence of 'useless' knowledge, with consideration given to everything from insect pests to the human soul, this is a tour de force that only Bertrand Russell could perform.
In Praise Of Leisure
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Author : Harold D. Lehman
language : en
Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
Release Date : 1974-02-01
In Praise Of Leisure written by Harold D. Lehman and has been published by Herald Press (VA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-02-01 with Leisure categories.
In Praise Of Idleness And Other Essays
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Author : Bertrand Russell
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 1972
In Praise Of Idleness And Other Essays written by Bertrand Russell and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Philosophy categories.
In Praise Of Leisure
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Author : B. E. Stock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
In Praise Of Leisure written by B. E. Stock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with American poetry categories.
In Praise Of Leisure
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Author : Frances Booth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
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In Praise Of Idleness
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Author : Bertrand Russell
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Release Date : 2017-06-06
In Praise Of Idleness written by Bertrand Russell and has been published by Thomas Dunne Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-06 with Humor categories.
Considered 'the Voltaire of his time', Bertrand Russell was a fearless iconoclast who stood unbowed before political and religious leaders; his disdain for conventional thinking and accepted beliefs set him apart from his academic peers and at odds with the authorities throughout his long and storied life. In his celebrated essay, In Praise of Idleness, Russell champions the seemingly incongruous notion that realising our full potential – and thus enjoying the greatest possible success and happiness – is not accomplished by working harder or smarter, but through harnessing the extraordinary power of idleness. Russell's penetrating insights and exquisite turns of phrase feel as fresh and relevant today as when they were first written. Arguing that we can achieve far more by doing far less, and that traditional wealth accumulation is a form of cultural and moral poverty, Russell demands greater depth from our age of abundant creativity and heralds the next wave of enlightened entrepreneurs. Replete with a new introduction and afterword, and interspersed with comic illustrations, informative notes plus a curated selection of Russell's best quotes from many of his acclaimed works, this unique edition of In Praise Of Idleness is given new life by New York Times best-selling author and internationally acclaimed humourist, Bradley Trevor Greive. --
In Praise Of Idleness And Other Essays
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Author : Bertrand Russell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
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The Importance Of Being Lazy
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Author : Al Gini
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2006
The Importance Of Being Lazy written by Al Gini and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
"The great American fantasy is about leisure: wooded getaways, Caribbean cruises, white-water rafting, the lights of Las Vegas. Yet one in four Americans does not take a vacation at all. We know how to work hard but not how to play. What we really need, argues Al Gini, is some time off. The Importance of Being Lazy takes us on family road trips, to Disneyland, on shopping sprees, on extreme sports adventures, and into the ultimate vacation - retirement - showing why we venerate vacations and why "doing nothing" is a fundamental human necessity. In a witty, breezy tour of our workaholic society, where the summer at the seashore has been supplanted by the long weekend, Gini draws on studies of Americans' vacation habits as well as interviews, personal stories, and the wry observations of philosophers, writers, and sociologists from Aristotle to Mark Twain to Thorstein Veblen. Without true leisure, Gini says, we are diminished as individuals and as a society. The Importance of Being Lazy is our road map for learning how to play, doze, gaze, amble and goof-off without guilt." - back cover.
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
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Idleness
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Author : Brian O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-07
Idleness written by Brian O'Connor and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with Philosophy categories.
"For millennia, idleness and laziness have been regarded as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have worked hard to develop new reasons to denigrate idleness. In Idleness, the first book to challenge modern philosophy's portrayal of inactivity, Brian O'Connor argues that the case against an indifference to work and effort is flawed--and that idle aimlessness may instead allow for the highest form of freedom. Idleness explores how some of the most influential modern philosophers drew a direct connection between making the most of our humanity and avoiding laziness. Idleness was dismissed as contrary to the need people have to become autonomous and make whole, integrated beings of themselves (Kant); to be useful (Kant and Hegel); to accept communal norms (Hegel); to contribute to the social good by working (Marx); and to avoid boredom (Schopenhauer and de Beauvoir). O'Connor throws doubt on all these arguments, presenting a sympathetic vision of the inactive and unserious that draws on more productive ideas about idleness, from ancient Greece through Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Schiller and Marcuse's thoughts about the importance of play, and recent critiques of the cult of work. A thought-provoking reconsideration of productivity for the twenty-first century, Idleness shows that, from now on, no theory of what it means to have a free mind can exclude idleness from the conversation."--Provided by publisher