In Praise of Idleness: A Timeless Essay by Bradley Trevor Grieve, Bertrand Russell

In Praise of Idleness: A Timeless Essay

Bradley Trevor Grieve, Bertrand Russell

192 pages first pub 1935 (editions)

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“Most People Would Die Sooner Than Think”— Bertrand RussellConsidered “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 accept...

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