It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth. --Nietzsche In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestseller in France, leading thinker Frederic Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B -- the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble -- and reveals what they say about us. Gros draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as something central to their practice. On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eager seclusion in Walden Woods; the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury, while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy. He shows us how Rousseau walked in order to think, while Nietzsche wandered the mountainside to write. In contrast, Kant marched through his hometown every day, exactly at the same hour, to escape the compulsion of thought. Brilliant and erudite, A Philosophy of Walking is an entertaining and insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-13
9781781682708
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209210257
Product Key Features
Book Title
A Philosophy of Walking
Illustrator
Clifford Harper
Author
Frederic Gros
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2014
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
217mm
Item Width
148mm
Item Weight
408g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Frederic Gros
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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