blog 3 with links

During this module I have been looking at some work by Thomas Hodgkinson, a couple of weeks ago I came across the following article , I wanted to share it with you because aside from it being relevant to our presentation I thought it was extremely humorous and well written, if not , at times, a little light hearted: I have used a few quotes to support our presentation;

http://www.rense.com/general56/thevirtueofidleness.htm
The Virtue of Idleness By Tom Hodgkinson
The Guardian
8-7-4

I wonder if that hard-working American rationalist and agent of industry Benjamin Franklin knew how much misery he would cause in the world when, back in 1757, high on puritanical zeal, he popularised and promoted the trite and patently untrue aphorism "early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"?

I have included the above quote as a direct response to my first blog (and reply to Olli’s) I mentioned briefly some very loose scientific facts about getting up early, particularly in relation to getting up when it is still dark. Here I have decided to expand slightly on that point by providing you with a link about that particular subject:

http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37348

Although there is a lot of research on the subject indicating that getting up to sunlight (and not in darkness) helps regulates sleep patterns, this article is more concerned with the effects of not having enough sunlight and /or getting up in darkness, More reasons to spend longer in bed!

The next quote I have chosen to include in this blog Hodgcinson becomes rather animated about “The propaganda against oversleeping” he goes on to say that it is not a modern damnation but one that spans back over 2000 years to the bible;

“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest”


As a response to the above he then quotes Paul Lafarge (son in law of Karl Marx) and socialist campaigner from his book “The right to be lazy” who wrote about God;
“After working for six days, he rests for all eternity”

A brilliant argument.