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The pursuit of laziness an idle interpretation of the Enlightenment
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The pursuit of laziness [electronic resource] : an idle interpretation of the Enlightenment / Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage.
ISBN
1400838711
9781400838714
0691149275 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691149271 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2011. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 156 p. :) : ill. ;
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive Complete Supplement III.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive Philosophy and Religion Supplement III.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 12, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction (Idle Nation)
The surprises of laziness (Marivaux)
Chardin's slowness
The great project of idle life (Rousseau)
Paradox of the idler (Diderot)
Philosophy on the pillow (Joubert)
Epilogue (Towards moderation).
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