An Apology For Idlers, And Other Essays - Stevenson, Robert Louis
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An Apology for Idlers, and Other Essays is a collection of essays that challenges conventional views on work and productivity. The central essay argues in favor of idleness, suggesting that leisure and relaxation are essential for creative thinking, personal well-being, and deeper engagement with life. Stevenson emphasizes that many of life s greatest lessons come not from constant labor but from moments of rest and reflection. The book also explores happiness, childhood, and the importance of respecting history and those who shaped the past. With wit and personal insights, Stevenson advocates…mehr

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An Apology for Idlers, and Other Essays is a collection of essays that challenges conventional views on work and productivity. The central essay argues in favor of idleness, suggesting that leisure and relaxation are essential for creative thinking, personal well-being, and deeper engagement with life. Stevenson emphasizes that many of life s greatest lessons come not from constant labor but from moments of rest and reflection. The book also explores happiness, childhood, and the importance of respecting history and those who shaped the past. With wit and personal insights, Stevenson advocates for a balanced life where contentment and appreciation for the world around us take precedence over ceaseless toil. His reflections encourage readers to reconsider societal norms about work, promoting the idea that leisure is not only valuable but necessary for a fulfilling existence. Through this collection, Stevenson offers a perspective that elevates the importance of enjoying life and finding joy in simplicity, suggesting that true happiness lies in embracing a slower, more thoughtful pace of life.
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and poet. While he was suffering from tuberculosis, he wrote one of the best known collection of children's poetry in the English language, A Child's Garden of Verses. The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson is best known for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Child's Garden of Verse. He was great traveller, who travelled to Europe, America and the South Pacific, where he spent his last years in Samoa. He was respected and loved by the Samoans who called him Tusitala. He wrote several stories of chance and peril, pirates and buried gold. He wrote about good and evil, men struggling with the darkest parts of their souls in his novels. Robert Louis Stevenson was a master whose works offer persuasive insight into our hearts and minds.