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In praise of idleness and other essays / Bertrand Russell ; with a new preface by Anthony Gottlieb ; with an introduction by Howard Woodhouse

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge classicsPublication details: London : Routledge, [2004]Description: xxvi, 171 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780415325066
  • 9780415325066
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In praise of idleness -- 'Useless' knowledge -- Architecture and social questions -- The modern midas -- The ancestry of fascism -- Scylla and Charybdis, or communism and fascism -- The case for socialism -- Western civilisation -- On youthful cynicism -- Modern homogeneity -- Man versus insects -- Education and discipline -- Stoicism and mental health -- On comets -- What is the soul?
Summary: 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.
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In praise of idleness -- 'Useless' knowledge -- Architecture and social questions -- The modern midas -- The ancestry of fascism -- Scylla and Charybdis, or communism and fascism -- The case for socialism -- Western civilisation -- On youthful cynicism -- Modern homogeneity -- Man versus insects -- Education and discipline -- Stoicism and mental health -- On comets -- What is the soul?

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.

Originally published: London : George Allen and Unwin, 1935

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