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A Philosophy of Walking
This āpassionate affirmation of the simple life, and joy in simple thingsā explores how walking influenced historyās greatest thinkersāfrom Henry David Thoreau and Jack Kerouac to Gandhi and Nietzsche (Observer).
In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher FrĆ©dĆ©ric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to Bāthe pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature rambleāand 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 Thoreauās 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.
In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher FrĆ©dĆ©ric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to Bāthe pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature rambleāand 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 Thoreauās 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.
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This āpassionate affirmation of the simple life, and joy in simple thingsā explores how walking influenced historyās greatest thinkersāfrom Henry David Thoreau and Jack Kerouac to Gandhi and Nietzsche (Observer).
In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher FrĆ©dĆ©ric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to Bāthe pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature rambleāand 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 Thoreauās 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.
In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher FrĆ©dĆ©ric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to Bāthe pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature rambleāand 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 Thoreauās 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.
