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Running with the Pack: Thoughts From the Road on Meaning and Mortality
Mark Rowlands
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Description for Running with the Pack: Thoughts From the Road on Meaning and Mortality
Paperback. Mark Rowlands explores the intimate relationship between running and thinking, especially thoughts about the meaning of life, in this brilliant follow-up to The Philosopher and the Wolf Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HP; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
'Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past twenty years has been done while running.' Mark Rowlands has run for most of his life. He has also been a professional philosopher. And for him the two - running and philosophising - are inextricably connected. In Running with the Pack he tells us about the most significant runs of his life: from the entire day he spent running as a boy in Wales, to the runs along French beaches and up Irish mountains with his beloved wolf Brenin, and through Florida swamps more recently ... Read more
'Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past twenty years has been done while running.' Mark Rowlands has run for most of his life. He has also been a professional philosopher. And for him the two - running and philosophising - are inextricably connected. In Running with the Pack he tells us about the most significant runs of his life: from the entire day he spent running as a boy in Wales, to the runs along French beaches and up Irish mountains with his beloved wolf Brenin, and through Florida swamps more recently ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847082633
SKU
V9781847082633
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Mark Rowlands
MARK ROWLANDS was born in Newport, Wales. He is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami and the author of sixteen books, including the bestselling The Philosopher and the Wolf, also published by Granta. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. His website is www.markrowlandsauthor.com, and he blogs at www.secularphilosophy.com
Reviews for Running with the Pack: Thoughts From the Road on Meaning and Mortality
Life-affirming... gets straight to the heart of why running is has such an important place in our lives... perfectly captures the essence of what happens when we lace up a pair of trainers and close the door behind us... Outstanding
Robin Harvie, author of Why We Run Rowlands is a lovely writer, funny and moving... If you're of an ... Read more
Robin Harvie, author of Why We Run Rowlands is a lovely writer, funny and moving... If you're of an ... Read more