- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 156 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Pursuit of laziness (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Pursuit of laziness (Online)
- Idle interpretation of the Enlightenment
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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).
- LCCN
- 2010036754
- OCLC
- ssj0000540524
- Author
Saint-Amand, Pierre, 1957-
- Title
The pursuit of laziness [electronic resource] : an idle interpretation of the Enlightenment / Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage.
- Imprint
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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