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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

Sleepless, Rest, Insomnia, Books, Reading, Asmr, Sleep, Health & Fitness, Stress, Meditation, Bedtime, Relaxation, Mental Health, Sleepaid

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🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Let’s calm our minds and relax with more deep thoughts about the nature of reality, what knowledge is, whether the past exists at all, and why the sun may not rise tomorrow. It probably will, though, so not to worry.

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Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.

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I hope tonight's election provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep.

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Now, let's read and relax.

1:24.8

Find a comfortable spot.

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Adjust your volume.

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Take a nice deep breath in.

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Let it out slowly.

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And off we go.

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tonight let's relax with some ponderings about the nature of reality and read more from the problems of philosophy by Bertrand Russell, first published in 1912.

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Let's pick up right where we left off at Chapter 5.

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Let's begin.

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