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  In Praise of Idleness: And Other Essays (Routledge Colloquials (Paperback)) (Paperback) By (author) Bertrand Russell, Foreword by Anthony Gottlieb

  

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  Short Description for In Praise of IdlenessIn this collection of essays, Russell surveys the social and political consequences of his beliefs with characteristic clarity and humour. In Praise of Idleness is a tour de force that only Bertrand Russell could perform.
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  • Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
  • Published: 02 February 2004
  • Format: Paperback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Philosophy | History Of Western Philosophy
  • ISBN 13: 9780415325066 ISBN 10: 0415325064
  • Sales rank: 44,493

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• 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.