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Walking with Plato

Autor Gary Hayden
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 iul 2016
"A helpful and delightful reminder of the important things in life."
—The Washington Post

" A compelling reminder that serious reading sustains—even transforms—lived experience.”
— Booklist


All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.' So said Friedrich Nietzsche, and so thought philosophy buff Gary Hayden as he set off on Britain’s most challenging trek: to walk from John o’Groats to Land’s End.

But it wasn’t all quaint country lanes, picture-postcard villages and cosy bed and breakfasts. Disillusioned after another grueling day, his feet blistered and his back aching from lugging camping gear, he sought solace in the words of Plato: 'Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.'

In this humorous, uplifting and delightfully British tale, Gary finds solitude and weary limbs bring him closer to the wisdom of the world’s greatest thinkers. Recalling Rousseau’s reverie, Bertrand Russell’s misery, Epicurus’ joy in simplicity and Thoreau’s love of the wilderness, Walking with Plato offers a breath of fresh, country air for anyone craving an escape from the humdrum of everyday life.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781780746562
ISBN-10: 1780746563
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 130 x 200 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Oneworld Publications
Colecția Oneworld Publications

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“Among the thousands who have braved the thousand-mile walk from John o’Groats in northeastern Scotland to Land’s End in southwestern Cornwall, none has measured his or her steps more thoughtfully than Hayden. Though only his wife, Wendy, accompanies him on his three-month hike through the countryside, readers will marvel at the range of writers who open his mind to new perspectives on that unfolding landscape.... A compelling reminder that serious reading sustains—even transforms—lived experience.”
— Booklist

"[Gary Hayden] and his wife set off on foot to walk Britain end to end, from the far northern tip of Scotland to Cornwall in the southwest. WALKING WITH PLATO is his trim but insightful chronicle of his experience. Trampling through moorland, fens and heaths, Hayden reflects on the meaning of life and the excesses of materialism and muses extensively on music, consulting Plato, Epicurus, Hegel and Kierkegaard along the way. Hayden, unlike many of the philosophers he consults, isn’t a natural-born walker. For the first few hundred miles, he moans of sore feet and boredom. But he learns to love it and takes comfort in his journey’s goal. Hayden notes that 'without a deeply felt sense of purpose even the most comfortable lives can feel sad and empty, and with such a sense of purpose even the most outwardly wretched lives can feel worthwhile.' His end-to-end walk gives him that kind of purpose. He also cautions that we pay for our comforts and that limiting our desires makes us richer and happier.... the book is a helpful and delightful reminder of the important things in life."
—The Washington Post

Notă biografică

Gary Hayden is an English journalist and popular philosopher. He has written for several publications including The Times Educational Supplement, The Scotsman and Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times. He is the author of You Kant Make It Up!: Strange Ideas from History¿s Great Philosophers.He lives near Tokyo, Japan.


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A self-confessed malcontent takes to the road and discovers the joy to be found in the simplest of pursuits