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Idleness - A Philosophical Essay
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Idleness - A Philosophical Essay Hardcover - 2018

by O`connor, Brian

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  • Title Idleness - A Philosophical Essay
  • Author O`connor, Brian
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Date 2018
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 60785
  • ISBN 9780691167527 / 0691167524
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5 x 1 in (20.57 x 12.70 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Leisure - Philosophy, Laziness - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018937064
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.481

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From the rear cover

"Idleness is engagingly written, stimulating, and illuminating. Brian O'Connor handles his material deftly, taking the reader to the heart of the issues."--Michael Rosen, author of Dignity: Its History and Meaning

"This valuable book tackles an issue both timeless and urgent today: to what extent is an idle life a good life?"--Mark Kingwell, University of Toronto

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Citations

  • Choice, 02/01/2019, Page 0

About the author

Brian O'Connor is professor of philosophy at University College Dublin. He is the author of Adorno and Adorno's Negative Dialectic.

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