About This Book
Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. From a devastating critiq...
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Reading Time Estimates
5h 9m
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180 WPM
3h 42m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 39m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 55,550 wordsπ
8 days at 30 min/day
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