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  <default_description>In this collection of essays, with a new introduction by Howard Woodhouse, Russell scrutinizes many aspects of modern life--the latent anarchy of domestic life, the anti-social character of high finance and the folly of working too hard in the machine age. Among the political essays there are powerful demolitions of both Communism and Fascism, and a convincing statement of the case for Socialism.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would seriously love to become more idle. That is, at this moment, my highest aspiration. Right now I sort of just want to shoot myself in the throat because I feel like all I do is go to work, and stay late at work, and then feel terrible at times like this one because I should be catching up on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34777723">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I always like reading Bertrand Russell's stuff.  This collection of essays covers some large topics.  In <em>In Praise of Idleness</em>, he argues that the world would be better off if people worked less: that, properly organized, we could produce everything everyone needs while spending less time working at...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12168558">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In his &quot;In Praise of Idleness,&quot; British philosopher Bertrand Russell offers his opinions on a variety of subjects--including the merits of hard work.  The book is a collection of essays written during the approximate period 1920-1935. He writes as Europe descends into an environment of ext...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/836644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The title essay expresses what I've been trying to say succinctly and well--but it needs to be updated, of course. Who knows, may get around to that some day...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The essays in this book praise idleness, not in the sense that to be lazy is to be praised, but in the sense that idleness brings with the the ability to think of things in a new light.  From apricots to education, Russell lends his special perspective to the virtue of knowledge. <br/><br/>Knowled...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18371147">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38791807">
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[there are some great essays in here.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a little less of the old bertie wit than i'm used to, but we can use these reflections on slowing down and reorganizing our fast-pace, gorging society now even more than they could when Lord R. committed this to paper.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In Praise of Idleness is perhaps one of my favorite essays of all time. I planned to read many of the other essays but didn't get to many of them, and those I did I can't even remember. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hmmm ... Dad never did buy the argument that this was the best geneator of ideas of genius. Let leisure time save the planet, I say!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far so good! I do agree we should all stop working so many damn hours and dedicate more time to expanding our minds!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Clearly stated. His ideas on socialism and democracy are enlightening.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Too lazy to read it but i heard it's good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Magnificent.  Read this.]]></body>
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