In Praise of Idleness
a timeless essay
$24.00
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2018
Summary
In Praise of Idleness: The Revolutionary Power of Doing Less
Considered “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 accepted beliefs set him apart from his academic peers and at odds with the authorities throughout his long and storied life.
In his celebrated essay In Praise Of Idleness, Russell champions the seemingly incongruous notion that realisi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760640736 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760640735 |
| Author: | Bradley Trevor Greive |
| Publisher: | Black Inc. |
| Imprint: | Nero |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 171mm x 125mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Bradley Trevor Greive
Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a Welsh philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.
Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG) is a New York Times bestselling author who became a household name after writing The Blue Day Book. He has since gone on to become one of the world’s most successful humour authors, and his books have sold more than 25 million copies in 29 languages and 115 countries. Tasmanian-born, BTG currently divides his time between Australia and the USA in order to placate his American in-laws.
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