Laudator Temporis Acti: More on Idleness

More on Idleness

Thanks to Dennis Mangan for additional references to works on idleness:

Paul Lafargue, The Right To Be Lazy, published in The Right To Be Lazy and Other Studies, tr. Charles Kerr (Chicago, 1883), which has this motto from Lessing: "Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy." Lafargue thought three hours of work per day was sufficient.
Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness, published in Harper's 165 (Oct. 1932) 552-559. Russell recommended a maximum of fours hours of work per day.

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