In Praise of Idleness (1/3)

by Bertrand Russell

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skHCkCDBrls
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPXUgvGHBtM
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROfZKwKv5i4
Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=22C3CDBDE77D3F9F

Transcript: http://www.whywork.org/rethinking/leisure/russell.html

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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

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[robopsychology]

Very interesting...

I really enjoy how clearly Russel presents his arguments... You can see that he wishes to be understood, he wishes to communicate - not only with his peer professors/philosophers, but with everyone... The complete opposite of lets say Lacan...

[kredit787]

Thinking is not doing nothing.

[Romansteel13]

@robopsychology

"The complete opposite of lets say Lacan..."

Can't believe you would even justify his existence by recanting his putrid name.

Paraphrasing here.

A self-conscious charlatan - Chomsky on Lacan.

[TheOldBeef]

this video is an abomination

[lapwiz]

@fafenfufer1 Let's just assume, for the sake of this exercise, that your; homophobic, racist, fascist, and politically/"philosophically" prejudiced statement has merit. Where does Marx, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche and Russell diverge in opinion. Please enlighten me, if you will, on the precise reason why Russell's ideas conflict with those of the other thinkers you've mentioned.

While you're at it...Where is God?

Did Nietzsche kill him, or did the JEWS done it?

Define a Bolshevk

[lapwiz]

@lapwiz PS, You've also misspelled Bertrand's last name. It is Russell , not Russel.

[lapwiz]

@fafenfufer1 Define normal?

Was Nietzsche "normal" in your view?

What, in your view, was his greatest contribution to critical thought and why?

What specific Russel's ideas you disagree with and why were they flawed?

Truth and falsehood remain the same regardless of who say it.

2+2=4 If Russel or Nietzsche say it, get it Einstein?

[lapwiz]

@fafenfufer1 I seriously doubt you ever read any philosophy in your life. Who's comparing Russel with Nietzsche (which you can't even spell it right)?

Socrates never wrote anything, and all we know of him is from Plato's accounts. For all we know he never even existed, but was created by Plato as the personification of philosophical inquiry.

What stances exactly Russel held that in your view were either demolished by, or in direct conflict with those of FN?

Philosophy is not a contest.

[lapwiz]

@johnpotter26 And your point is?

[johnpotter26]

@lapwiz You're watching this on youtube...

[timberwulfzero]

@newperve

I'm not dodging anything; the cost of living has increased since the 1900s. More people lived in rural areas; they had the means to produce their own food and tended to own their own property. The shift to urban living is no small detail to be glossed over.

The suggestion that people should save more would be a disaster as it would decrease consumption, thus demand, thus production, and thus employment. (and so on.)

There is something ugly about genocide, slavery, and theft though.