Name: A Philosophy of Walking (in English)
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Author: John Howe
ISBN: 9781804290446

portada A Philosophy of Walking (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Frédéric Gros

Translated by

John Howe

Publisher

Verso

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8 x 12.7 x 0.0 cm

Weight

0.37 kg.

ISBN13

9781804290446

Synopsis "A Philosophy of Walking (in 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.

John Howe

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Es uno de los ilustradores principales y más reconocidos de la obra de Tolkien. Ha participado en la realización de los populares calendarios de Tolkien y diseñado numerosos productos relacionados con éste. Su trabajo también se ha aprovechado para los pósters en conmemoración del cincuenta aniversario de la publicación de El Hobbit y para los del centenario del nacimiento de Tolkien, así como para las sobrecubiertas de las últimas ediciones de El Hobbit, El Señor de los Anillos y El Silmarillion. Howe ha colaborado asimismo en el diseño artístico de la adaptación cinematográfica de la trilogía.

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