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Work is the antonym of free time. But not of leisure. Leisure and free time live in two different worlds. We have got into the habit of thinking them the same. Anybody can have free time. Free time is a realizable idea of democracy. Leisure is not fully realizable, and hence an ideal not alone an idea. Free time refers to a special way of calculating a special kind of time. Leisure refers to a state of being, a condition of man, which few desire and fewer achieve.

Sebastian de Grazia

Sebastian de Grazia

Sebastian de Grazia

Born: August 11, 1917

Died: December 31, 2000 (aged 83)

Bio: Sebastian de Grazia was a Pulitzer Prize winning author. Born in Chicago, he received his bachelor's degree and a doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago.

Known for:

Machiavelli in Hell (1989)
Of Time, Work, and Leisure (1962)
A Country With No Name (1997)
The political community (1948)
Masters of Chinese political thought (1973)

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