In praise of idleness and other essays /
Bertrand Russell.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1986.
- xxvi, 171 p. ; 20 cm.
- Routledge classics .
Originally published in Routledge Classics, 2004. Originally published: London : George Allen and Unwin, 1935. Includes index.
In praise of idleness -- "Useless" knowledge -- Architecture and social questions -- The modern Midas -- The ancestry of fascism -- Scylla and Charybdis, or, communism and fascism -- The case for socialism -- Western civilization -- On youthful cynicism -- Modern homogeneity -- Men versus insects -- Education and discipline -- Stoicism and mental health -- On comets -- What is the soul?