In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

+++++ Controversial philosopher and Nobel Prize winner Lord Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) has written fifteen scintillating essays on which to whet our intellectual appetites. These short essays were written between 1925 and 1935. Russell writes in an elegant, readable, and understandable style. His arguments are well thought out. These essays consider social questions not discussed in politics. The general theme that... Read Full Review

Russell became famous as a mathematician and philosopher.But when he won the Nobel Prize, it was for Literature. When you read this book of essays, you will see why.It is beautifully written and has all of Russell's virtues: clarity, wit, humor, forcefulness, simplicity.Even better, it is a brief education in itself. Most of the essays were written just as the Great Depression was beginning, and Russell gets right to the... Read Full Review

This is one book where you must read the introduction. and then when you read the book you find out thatthe book can be interpreted in at least one other way. i think everybody would take out something different but that would always be refreshing. i could not stop myself from saying 'aha' at many places. still, i think he sometimes is contradicting himself. he thinks that socialism and liberalism can go together. maybe... Read Full Review

Written by a very advanced thinker, this book represents a shattering statement against the Christian petit-burgois morality of work, a true revolution and evolution in man's thinking.