Appetites for thought
philosophers and food
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Author
Contributions
- Barry, Donald, 1947- translator - Contributor
- Muecke, Stephen, 1951- translator - Contributor
Publication
2015 - Reaktion Books, England
Language
English
Word Count
34,000 words, Guess
Page Count
136 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101780234457
- ISBN-139781780234458
- Library of Congress Control Number2015375155
- OCLC Control Number903907896
- Better World Books9781780234458
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27203447M
Classifications
- DDC641.3001
- LCCB105.M53 V4613 2015
- LCCB105.F66 O54 2015
and 1 more
- LCCB79
Alternate Titles
- Philosophers and food
Description
"[O]ffers up a delectable intellectual challenge: can we better understand the concepts of philosophers if we look at their culinary choices? Guiding us around the philosopher's banquet table with erudition, wit, and irreverence, Michel Onfray offers surprising insights on foods ranging from fillet of cod to barley soup, from sausage to wine and coffee. Tracing the edible obsessions of philosophers from Diogenes to Sartre, Onfray 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 something more than dairy products? Nietzsche was grumpy about bad cooks and the retardation of human evolution, and Sartre was repelled by shellfish because they are 'food buried in an object, and you have to pry them out'"--Back cover.
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