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Appetites for Thought: Philosophers and Food
Michel Onfray
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Description for Appetites for Thought: Philosophers and Food
Paperback. A quirky, off-beat take on philosophers and their palates, tracing the food obsessions of philosophers from Diogenes to Sartre, Appetites for Thought guides us around the philosophers' banquet table with erudition, wit and irreverence. Translator(s): Barry, Donald; Muecke, Stephen. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 121 x 200 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
Appetites for Thought offers up a formidable intellectual challenge: can we better understand the concepts of philosophers from their culinary choices? Tracing the food obsessions of philosophers from Diogenes to Sartre, Michel Onfray - a philosopher himself - considers how their ideas relate to their diets. Would Diogenes have been an opponent of civilization without his taste for raw octopus? Would Rousseau have been such a proponent of frugality if his daily menu had included more than dairy products? For Kant, the nose and palate are organs of sensation without nobility, as he writes, 'the idea obtained from them is ... Read more
Appetites for Thought offers up a formidable intellectual challenge: can we better understand the concepts of philosophers from their culinary choices? Tracing the food obsessions of philosophers from Diogenes to Sartre, Michel Onfray - a philosopher himself - considers how their ideas relate to their diets. Would Diogenes have been an opponent of civilization without his taste for raw octopus? Would Rousseau have been such a proponent of frugality if his daily menu had included more than dairy products? For Kant, the nose and palate are organs of sensation without nobility, as he writes, 'the idea obtained from them is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780234458
SKU
V9781780234458
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Ref
99-15
About Michel Onfray
Michel Onfray is a French philosopher who established the free Universite Populaire in Caen, Normandy, where he teaches. He is the author of numerous books.
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