01182 a2200265 4500 20250526161928.0 250430042004GB eng 9780415325066 BC Taylor & Francis GBP 19.99 BB 01 eng QDHR thema HPCF bic EDU008000 bisac PHI000000 bisac PHI035000 bisac PHI042000 bisac 192 bisac Bertrand Russell 586 In Praise of Idleness And Other Essays 2 Oxford Routledge 20040202 200 p 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. 10386 10386