An edition of Eloge de l'Oisiveté
(2002)
Eloge de l'Oisiveté
by Bertrand Russell
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Preface
I. In praise of idleness (1932)
II. "Useless" knowledge
III. Architecture and social questions
IV. The modern Midas
V. The ancestry of fascism
VI. Scylla and Charybdis; or, communism and fascism
VII. The case for socialism
X. Western civilization
IX. On youthful cynicism (1929)
X. Modern homogeneity (1930)
XI. Men versus insects (1933)
XII. Education and discipline
XIII. Stoicism and mental health (1928)
XIV. On comets
XV. What is the soul?
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In this 1932 essay of 48 pgg. Russell propose people work for a maximum of 4 hours-per-day to think, socialise, etc. Original title In Praise of Idleness, translation by Michel Parmentier from its original edition of 5026 words.
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