A Philosophy of Walking by Gros, Frederic

A Philosophy of Walking

This "passionate affirmation of the simple life" explores how walking has influenced history's greatest thinkers--from Henry David...
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Author: Frederic Gros
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A Philosophy of Walking by Gros, Frederic

A Philosophy of Walking

CHF 31.95

A Philosophy of Walking

CHF 31.95
Author: Frederic Gros
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This "passionate affirmation of the simple life" explores how walking has influenced history's greatest thinkers--from Henry David Thoreau and John Muir to Gandhi and Nietzsche (Observer)

"It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth." --Nietzsche

In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher Frédéric 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.

Author: Frederic Gros
Publisher: Verso
Published: 04/07/2015
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781781688373

About the Author
Frederic Gros is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris XII and the Institute of Political Studies, Paris. He was the editor of the last lectures of Michel Foucault at the College de France. He has written books on psychiatry, law and war. He lives in Paris.

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