25 December 2011

who said it? #141 the essence of all work

Bertrand Russell - the famously agnostic philosopher - said there are two kinds of work in this world: altering the position of matter on earth, and telling other people to alter the position of matter on earth.

From The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs (p. 80)

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