Bertrand Russell
British philosopher, logician, mathematician and public intellectual (1872–1970). A founder of analytic philosophy and major contributor to logic and the philosophy of mathematics (co-author of Principia Mathematica), he was also a social critic and political activist and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950.
Books
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1. In Praise Of Idelness And Other Essays
and Other Essays
A collection of sharp, often witty essays that argue for the moral and practical value of leisure, criticizing the modern worship of work and the social and economic arrangements that waste human potential; it combines social and political critique—on capitalism, militarism, and organized religion—with calls for rational skepticism, humane education, shortened working hours, and policies that promote creativity, happiness, and more thoughtful, equitable public life.
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