In Praise of Idleness

And Other Essays

• Author(s): Bertrand Russell,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 200
• ISBN_10: 1000158489
  ISBN_13: 9781000158489
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Decision-Making & Problem Solving , Philosophy / General , Philosophy / Essays , Philosophy / Movements / Idealism ,

Description:... 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.