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Professor Brian O’Connor, Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, and University College Dublin
Tuesday 07 May 2019, 17:45-19:15
The Philosophers against Idleness
- 👤 Speaker: Professor Brian O’Connor, Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, and University College Dublin
- 📅 Date & Time: Tuesday 07 May 2019, 17:45 - 19:15
- 📍 Venue: Gatsby Room, Wolfson College
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Abstract
During the age of Enlightenment new types of criticisms of idleness began to appear. Philosophers opposed idleness not on the traditional ground that it would require others to work. Rather it prevented each of us from realizing our talents and skills. Idlers were supposedly akin to ‘savages’ and ‘barbarians’. This talk looks at some of the strange and biased arguments against idleness found among these philosophers.
Series This talk is part of the Wolfson College Humanities Society talks series.
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