The pursuit of laziness
Subtitle: an idle interpretation of the Enlightenment
By: Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Princeton [N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780691149271
Subjects: Enlightenment; Laziness
Other titles: Idle interpretation of the Enlightenment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction (Idle Nation); title: The surprises of laziness (Marivaux); title: Chardin's slowness; title: The great project of idle life (Rousseau); title: Paradox of the idler (Diderot); title: Philosophy on the pillow (Joubert); title: Epilogue (Towards moderation).