{"id":4242,"date":"2015-12-09T20:45:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T19:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=4242"},"modified":"2015-12-09T20:45:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T19:45:53","slug":"in-praise-of-idleness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/in-praise-of-idleness\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of Idleness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"views-field-phpcode\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a Welsh philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist. 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Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a Welsh philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist. 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