Idleness : : A Philosophical Essay / / Brian O'Connor.

The first book to challenge modern philosophy's case against idleness, revealing why the idle state is one of true freedomFor millennia, idleness and laziness have been regarded as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and sel...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Philosophy and Idleness
  • Chapter 1. Our Worthiness for Freedom
  • Chapter 2. Work, idleness, and respect
  • Chapter 3. The Challenges of Boredom
  • Chapter 4. Play as Idleness
  • Chapter 5. Idleness as Freedom
  • Notes
  • Index